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A satellite image shows smoke pouring from a wildfire that broke out in the early morning hours of Nov. 8, just outside Paradise, Ca. The Camp Fire, named for its proximity to Camp Creek Road in Feather River Canyon, has overtaken and nearly burned out the town of 30,000 residents located in northern California. NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S.

Geological Survey. Members of Paradise United Methodist Church were still unsure about the state of their homes or their church as firefighters continued to battle widespread California wildfires. In addition to the fire that devastated Paradise, a wildfire raging near Los Angeles clobbered the congregation of Malibu United Methodist Church, destroying some members’ homes. The Paradise church building was rumored to have survived, but the pastor of a nearby church in Willows said there was a lot of uncertainty. “About 80 percent of Paradise is burnt up, and those that survive will be in the middle of a desolate wasteland,” said the Rev.

Dave Rieck, pastor of nearby First United Methodist Church of Willows, on Nov. Rieck doesn’t know if his home in Paradise was still standing. More than 25,000 people evacuated the area.

Paradise is located on a wide ridge about 85 miles north of Sacramento. Church leaders in California knew of no United Methodists who had died in the fires. Donate to The United Methodist Committee on Relief’s U.S. Disaster Relief Fund, Advance #901670. • “People desperately need some kind of answer,” Rieck said.

“There are an awful lot of homeless people right now.” The Rev. Robert Chicou, pastor of the Paradise Church, reported a harrowing evacuation. “I had a tree explode next to my car. The house right next to it went up on fire, and I knew I had to get moving,” he said. Statewide, at least 31 people died and 150,000 are displaced because of wildfires, according to. Some 228 people remain unaccounted for, but officials said many might be sheltered but unable to communicate because of cell towers being down.

Northern California wildfire victims have scattered to Oakdale, Sacramento and other places north of Paradise, said the Rev. Blake Busick, district superintendent of the California-Nevada Conference.

“There was a lot of difficulty getting out,” he said. “So far as we know people got out OK, but it was quite an ordeal.” Busick said he heard from churches in the towns of Durham and Chico. Some wildfire victims were getting help from Durham Community United Methodist Church, he said. “We have several churches in Chico, and some of (those church members) might have been evacuated. The fire did go towards the eastern part of Chico,” Busick said. Church members of Community United Methodist Church, Quincy, have been providing meals for wildfire victims from Chester Community United Methodist Church, Busick said. Excel 2010 download. Fred and Lee Ann Dietrich fled their double-wide trailer in the Pheasant Ridge Mobile Estates in Paradise.