- PARADISE, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: The Cypress Meadows Post-Acute nursing facility sits in ruins, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Paradise, Calif., one month after being destroyed in the deadly Camp Fire. The staff reports that they were able to safely evacuate all their patients. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
PARADISE, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: Apple Tree Village shows the fickle nature of the Camp Fire’s destructive path in this Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018 aerial photograph taken in Paradise, Calif. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
PARADISE, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea takes his first aerial tour of the Camp Fire burn area, all 153,000 acres of it, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, one month after the state’s deadliest wild fire claimed 85 lives. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
PARADISE, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: The parking lot of a destroyed Grocery Outlet in Paradise, Callf, serves as staging ground for a fleet of Badger remediation trucks working to clean up the Camp Fire destruction, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
OROVILLE, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: Against a blackened backdrop of burned trees, PG&E crews work on a ridge top, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, repairing power lines in the wake of the deadly Camp Fire near Oroville, Calif. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
CONCOW, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: Concow Ridge is charred and denuded of plant life, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, above the community of Concow, Calif., one month after the deadly Camp Fire roared over the hill from Pulga killing 85 people. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
PARADISE, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: On the first day the public was allowed back in to Camp Fire-scarred Paradise, Calif., traffic is bumper to bumper on Pentz Road, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
PARADISE, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: On the first day the public was allowed back in to Camp Fire-scarred Paradise, Calif., traffic is bumper to bumper on Pentz Road, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
PARADISE, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: Utility and remediation trucks create a rush hour traffic jam leaving Paradise, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, nearly one month after the deadly Camp Fire destroyed much of the city. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
PARADISE, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: Patterns of ash remains dot the scarred landscape near Paradise, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, one month after the deadly Camp Fire. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
CHICO, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: Homes consumed by the Camp Fire sit in ashes on Rimrock Drive in Chico, Callf., Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
CHICO, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: A large home consumed by the Camp Fire sits in ashes on Rimrock Drive in Chico, Callf., Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
CHICO, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: Home destroyed by the Camp Fire sit above Butte Creek Canyon on Eagle Nest Drive in Chico, Callf., Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
CHICO, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: A temporary city of PG&E utility trucks and tents is set up on the Tuscan Ridge Golf Course in Chico, Callf., Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, to help in the rebuilding of Paradise, Calif., one month after the deadly Camp Fire. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
CHICO, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: A temporary city of PG&E utility trucks and tents is set up on the Tuscan Ridge Golf Course in Chico, Callf., Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, to help in the rebuilding of Paradise, Calif., one month after the deadly Camp Fire. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
CHICO, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: The Skyway between Chico and Paradise, Callf., cuts through charred landscape, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, one month after the deadly Camp Fire. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
BUTTE CREEK CANYON, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: An aerial view of Butte Creek Canyon shows an empty spot where the iconic 19th century Honey Run Bridge once stood east of Chico, Callf., Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
PARADISE, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: The parking lot of a destroyed Grocery Outlet in Paradise, Callf, serves as staging ground for a fleet of Badger remediation trucks working to clean up the Camp Fire destruction, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
PARADISE, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: An aerial photograph of Clark Road in Paradise, Callf, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, shows the damage caused by last month’s Camp Fire, including to the Black Bear Diner at the bottom of the frame. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
PARADISE, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: The landing strip at Paradise Airport is covered in utility vehicles staged to help in the rebuilding of Paradise, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, one month after the deadly Camp Fire. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
CHICO, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: Home destroyed by the Camp Fire sit above Butte Creek Canyon on Eagle Nest Drive in Chico, Callf., Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
BUTTE CREEK CANYON, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: An aerial view of Butte Creek Canyon near Honey Run Road and Centennial Road reveal the scars left by the Camp Fire, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
PARADISE, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: Utility and remediation trucks create a rush hour traffic jam leaving Paradise, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, nearly one month after the deadly Camp Fire destroyed much of the city. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
PARADISE, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: An aerial photograph of Clark Road in Paradise, Callf, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, shows last month’s Camp Fire favored one side of the street over the other. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
PARADISE, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: An aerial view over Pearson Road and Black Olive Drive in Paradise, Calif., reveals areas that survived last month’s deadly Camp Fire, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. Paradise Community Park and the Paradise Police Station remain intact. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
PARADISE, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: The landing strip at Paradise Airport is covered in utility vehicles staged to help in the rebuilding of Paradise, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, one month after the deadly Camp Fire. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
PARADISE, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: The landing strip at Paradise Airport is covered in utility vehicles staged to help in the rebuilding of Paradise, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, one month after the deadly Camp Fire. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
PARADISE, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: Apple Tree Village shows the fickle nature of the Camp Fire’s destructive path in this Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018 aerial photograph taken in Paradise, Calif. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
PARADISE, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: Ponderosa Elementary School in Paradise, Calif., looks largely intact, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, one month after the deadly Camp Fire raged, though some modular buildings and the cafeteria were destroyed. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
PARADISE, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: The Adventist Health-Feather River Hospital remains closed, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Paradise, Calif., one month after the deadly Camp Fire raged. Most of the campus did survive, though some outbuildings were destroyed. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
PARADISE, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: The Adventist Health-Feather River Hospital remains closed, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Paradise, Calif., one month after the deadly Camp Fire raged. Most of the campus did survive, though some outbuildings were destroyed. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
PARADISE, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: The Kmart on Clarke Road, where many residents in Paradise, Calif., sheltered in the parking lot on the day of the Camp Fire, is filled with utility trucks, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. Homes to the rear of the building were all destroyed. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
PARADISE, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: On the first day the public was allowed back in to Camp Fire-scarred Paradise, Calif., traffic is bumper to bumper on Pentz Road, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, passing the devastated Ridgewood Mobile Home Park. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
PULGA, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: Shadows fall in the fire-scarred mountains of the Feather River Canyon surrounding Pulga, Calif. Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, one month after the deadly Camp Fire was first reported near PG&E transmission towers. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
PULGA, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: Shadows fall in the fire-scarred mountains of the Feather River Canyon surrounding Pulga, Calif. Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, one month after the deadly Camp Fire was first reported near PG&E transmission towers. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
PARADISE, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: On the first day the public was allowed back in to Camp Fire-scarred Paradise, Calif., traffic is bumper to bumper on Pentz Road, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, passing the devastated Ridgewood Mobile Home Park. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
OROVILLE, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: The Pentz Road Market and Eden Roc Estates sits in ruins, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Paradise, Calif., one month after being destroyed in the deadly Camp Fire. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
OROVILLE, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: A PG&E transmission tower catches the late sunlight, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in a forest burned by the Camp Fire in Oroville, Calif. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
YANKEE HILL, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: Charred trees stand in the Yankee Hill area north of Lake Oroville, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, one month after the deadly Camp Fire tore through the area. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
PULGA, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: Shadows fall in the fire-scarred mountains of the Feather River Canyon surrounding Pulga, Calif. Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, one month after the deadly Camp Fire was first reported near PG&E transmission towers. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
YANKEE HILL, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: Charred trees stand in the Yankee Hill area north of Lake Oroville, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, one month after the deadly Camp Fire tore through the area. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
CONCOW, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: One month after the deadly Camp Fire roared through the community of Concow, Calif., an aerial photograph taken Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, reveals the damage. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
CONCOW, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: One month after the deadly Camp Fire roared through the community of Concow, Calif., an aerial photograph taken Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, reveals the damage. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
CONCOW, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: Concow Ridge is charred and denuded of plant life, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, above the community of Concow, Calif., one month after the deadly Camp Fire roared over the hill from Pulga killing 85 people. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
OROVILLE, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
OROVILLE, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: PG&E transmission towers catch the late sunlight, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in a forest burned by the Camp Fire in Oroville, Calif. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
Enterprise-Record Editor David Little surveys Camp Fire damage from a Butte County Sheriff’s Office helicopter. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
LAKE OROVILLE, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: Houseboats float anchored on nearly-emptied Lake Oroville under the Highway 70 bridge, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, near Oroville, Calif. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
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PARADISE, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 6: The Cypress Meadows Post-Acute nursing facility sits in ruins, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Paradise, Calif., one month after being destroyed in the deadly Camp Fire. The staff reports that they were able to safely evacuate all their patients. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
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The Camp Fire destruction is horrifying enough from the ground. The enormity of the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in state history is even more overwhelming from the air, where hillside after hillside was blackened by a fire that burned almost 15 percent of a very large county.
Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea and pilot James Marshall took a one-hour flight over the damaged area Thursday. These are some of the images taken by photographer Karl Mondon.
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