Editing Concow, California (section)

==== 2018 fire ====
{{Main|Camp Fire (2018)}}
On November 8, 2018, a fire was reported at 6:33&nbsp;a.m. PST, close to Camp Creek Road near [[Pulga, California|Pulga]].<ref name=MercCampOrigin>{{cite news |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/11/09/pge-power-lines-may-have-sparked-deadly-butte-county-wildfire-according-to-radio-transmissions/ |title=PG&E power lines may have sparked deadly Camp Fire, according to radio transmissions |work=[[The Mercury News]] |date=November 9, 2018}}</ref> Shortly after the fire erupted, the [[Butte County Sheriff's Department|Butte County Sheriff's Office]] ordered evacuations of surrounding communities and switched to life saving operations.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/CAL_FIRE/status/1060322869652013056|title=CAL FIRE on Twitter|last=Cal Fire|date=November 7, 2018|work=Red Flag Warning - Twitter|access-date=November 9, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2018/11/08/camp-fire-butte-county-paradise/|title=PARADISE LOST: Cal Fire Says Camp Fire Has Wiped Out California Town|date=November 8, 2018|work=CBS Sacramento|access-date=November 9, 2018}}</ref>  On the first day, much of the town of [[Paradise, California|Paradise]] and community of Concow were destroyed.<ref>{{cite web |title='Hell on Earth': The First 12 Hours of California's Deadliest Wildfire |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/18/us/california-camp-fire-paradise.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=November 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118105512/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/18/us/california-camp-fire-paradise.html |archive-date=November 18, 2018 |date=November 18, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>  As of December 13, [[Butte County Sheriff's Department]] reported that at least 6 people died in Concow during the Camp Fire.<ref>{{cite web |title=Many victims of California's worst wildfire were elderly and died in or near their homes, new data show |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-paradise-fire-dead-map-20181213-story.html |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214064332/https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-paradise-fire-dead-map-20181213-story.html |archive-date=December 14, 2018 |date=December 13, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> A fallen tree blocked the primary evacuation route from the town and some residents survived by jumping into the creek.<ref>{{cite news |date=February 3, 2019| publisher=Bay Area News Group | work= San Jose Mercury-News |author=Lisa M. Krieger | page=A1|title=When survival means shelter}}</ref>