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Thousands told to flee raging California wildfire
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Oroville, US: Thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate as a wildfire rages out of control in northern California, with the region gripped by...
Oroville, US: Thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate as a wildfire rages out of control in northern California, with the region gripped by an "exceptionally dangerous" heatwave that is making conditions worse.
More than 3,000 acres (1,200 hectares) of grass and woodland have been consumed since Tuesday when a blaze started just outside Oroville, with authorities telling 13,000 people to leave the area.
The town, near the state capital of Sacramento, is just 23 miles (38 kilometers) from Paradise, a community that was razed in 2018 by the deadliest fire in state history, in which 85 people perished.
Garrett Sjolund, fire chief of Butte County, said the area was under a so-called "red flag warning."
"The conditions out there that are in our county this summer are much different than we've experienced the last two summers," he told reporters.