Editing Paradise, California (section)

===2008 fires===
{{see also|2008 California wildfires}}
In June 2008, a [[wildfire]], named the "Humboldt Fire" for its point of origin, swept over {{convert|22800|acre|ha}} of land between Chico and Paradise. As many as 9,300 people were forced to evacuate southwestern Paradise until the fire could be brought under control.<ref>{{cite news|last=Chakko Kuruvila|first=Matthai|date=June 15, 2008|title=Paradise fire evacuees starting to return home|url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Paradise-fire-evacuees-starting-to-return-home-3209813.php|work=SFGate}}</ref>

A month later, a fire burned on the northern side of Paradise in the canyon where the Feather River is located. Again, thousands were evacuated from their homes, but the fire failed to cross the river.<ref>{{cite news|date=July 9, 2008|title=Wildfires force residents to flee Paradise|url=https://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/09/wildfires/|access-date=June 15, 2021|work=CNN}}</ref> It was part of a larger complex of fires called the Butte Lightning Complex or BTU Complex,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://wildfiretoday.com/2008/07/09/ca-btu-complex-july-9-update/|title=CA: BTU Complex, July 9 update |date=July 9, 2008|work=Wildfire Today|access-date=November 13, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> which also included the Belden and Pit fires.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fire.ca.gov/downloads/incidents/Butte_Lightning_071008_AM.pdf|title=Butte Lightning Complex Fact Sheet|date=July 10, 2008|access-date=November 13, 2018}}</ref> (This was a different fire from the 2018 fire of the same name.)