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Camp Fire Wildfire - Coggle Diagram
Camp Fire Wildfire
Secondary Impacts
Traffic jams on the few evacuation routes led to cars being abandoned whilst people travelled on foot. At least seven deaths occurred when the fire overtook people who were trapped in their vehicles
The emergency alert system experienced a cascade of failures, in some areas the alerts didn't reach 94% of residents.
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Several public schools were temporarily closed on November 16th due to the air pollution from the fire.
Because of the risk of contamination from hazardous materials much of the area around the fire was declared as uninhabitable
Multiple drinking water systems around the area of the fire were contaminated with chemicals including Benzene and Methylene chloride. Sources of this contamination are thought to include smoke being sucked into depressurized buried and building water system components and the thermal degradation of plastics in the water systems themselves.
The Merced Property and Casualty company became the first insurer in history to become insolvent after a single event after it was placed into liquidation. This was caused by the high volume of claims related to the Camp fire
17 phone towers burned, meaning the responders had to deal with reduced capacity and low internet speeds
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Processes involved
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The fire was contained to the west when the fire reached primary highway and roadway arteries which acted as barriers.
To the east the fire spread much quicker over open timber and high country. However, it was eventually contained by firefighters and heavy rain on November 25th.
Long term human reaction
Recovery efforts included supporting the mental health of victims of the fire. Many people suffered from conditions such as survivor guilt and symptoms of post traumatic stress
5 million tonnes of material were removed, at a cost of $3 billion
To reduce fire risk in the future from electrical cables the government began looking at options to harden California's energy distribution infrastructure against wildfires. This included instillation of underground power cables.
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Primary impacts
The community of Concow and town of Paradise were completely destroyed within the first six hours of the fire, losing an estimated 95% of buildings.
The smoke from the fire resulted in widespread air pollution throughout the San-Francisco bay area. Smoke was reportedly visible as far away as New York city