deadly wildfires in california history. one of those fires began at 6:15 a.m. on november 8th, 2018, off camp creek road in butte county, when a downed power line ignited a small blaze into what quickly grew into what would be known as the campfire, one of california s most devastating and deadly fires on record. it was november, so i don t want to say our guard was down, but in november, typically, we would be having rain and winter and we weren t. now when we talk about fires, we think about firefighters running into a burning house to put the fire out. but in a wildfire situation, it can be a whole town. and often it is the town the firefighters live in. that s the situation chief totapia, chief norman, and captain matt blade found themselves in. they are cal fire officers in