The Thompson fire has burned 3,500 acres and resulted in evacuation orders for more than 28,000 people in Butte County. Oroville residents are reminded of the deadly Camp fire, which destroyed the nearby town of Paradise.
When authorities ordered Brian Wong and his neighbors to evacuate as the Thompson fire bore down on the city of Oroville this week, the restaurant owner knew he couldn't leave. He had learned from the 2018 Camp fire how things can go wrong for people who can't defend their property, he said. Oroville is about 20 miles south of Paradise, where the deadliest wildfire in California history killed 85 people and destroyed the Butte County town.
'I would imagine we're under mandatory evacuation, if had to guess,' he said in a brief phone interview. 'We have a ton of defensible space. We have a generator, a ton of water here. We will just be here taking care of business.' The market has been in the Butler family since 1981. Most of those working Wednesday were immediate family members, including his brother, wife, daughter, son-in-law and grandkids, because his employees couldn't make it through the roadblocks.
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