'Everything is gone': California town of Paradise mourns wildfire devastation

Residents wonder if they will have anything to return to after Camp Fire forces evacuations and kills at least nine

The day after the Camp Fire tore through Paradise, forcing the evacuation of the nearly 30,000 in the small community in California’s Sierra Foothills, Randy Stump was still at home, just miles from the massive blaze.

Isolated and without cellphone service, he hadn’t realized how dire things had become. He heard the air tankers and saw the smoke, but like so many in the area, he didn’t know it was time to go until he saw the flames.

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