The Camp Fire of 2018 was the deadliest and expensive fire in Californian history. The fire burned over 150,00 acres in northern California during November 2018.
The fire was started by a damaged electrical cable in Butte County in North California near Camp Creek Road. The fire spread quickly due to the drought conditions in the mountainous brush of the Sierra Nevada and the high winds of the late dry season. The fire incinerated the nearby towns like Paradise and Concow as it merged with a separate fire to grow even larger. The fire reddened the sky and lowered the air quality across Western America as well as some places in the East.
When the smoke cleared, massive amounts of property and forestry were decimated. Many cities saw significant population dips after the fire and many communities are smaller because of it. No major climate change legislation was passed under Former President Donald Trump because of the fire. President Joe Biden has created a Climate Task Force and invested in green energy to combat climate change. No major policy changes were made at the state level, either.
The Camp Fire of 2018 killed 85 people and left damage that is yet to be repaired in its wake. Sadly, fires of this magnitude seem to be just as the United Nations said, 'the new normal'.
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