AUDIO: Terrifying police radio details wildfire evacuation of seniors, pregnant woman in Northern California

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Friday, November 9, 2018
Terrifying police radio details wildfire evacuation in Butte Co.
From a pregnant who went into labor while being evacuated to seniors in a nursing home that can't get through to 911, here's the terrifying police radio detailing the terrifying evacuation in Butte County.From a pregnant woman who went into labor while being evacuated to seniors in a nursing home that can't get through to 911, here's the terrifying police radio detailing the terrifying evacuation in Butte County.

BUTTE COUNTY, Calif. -- Police radio details the terrifying evacuation of thousands of people from the Butte County town of Paradise as the Camp Fire rages on.

The audio includes details on four people trapped in the basement of a hospital, a pregnant woman going into labor who needed to be flown out by helicopter and nearly two dozen seniors in a nursing home that can't get through to 911.

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