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VICE on HBO: The Deadliest Wildfire in California History

Gianna Toboni Vice Correspondent Camp Fire Paradise, California
Gianna Toboni, Vice Correspondent, talks with a firefighter at the Camp Fire in Paradise, California.

VICE News has produced a very good segment about the Camp Fire, which burned over 153,000 acres, destroyed 18,804 structures, and resulted in 85 fatalities in November, 2018. It became the most destructive and deadliest wildfire in the recorded history of California.

This video was uploaded to YouTube January 30, 2019. Since then investigators with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection have determined that the fire was caused by a Pacific Gas and Electric power line.

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