Police bodycam video shows emergency evacuations during deadly Camp Fire

Wednesday, July 3, 2019
PARADISE, Calif. -- Police have released new video of officers helping people evacuate Northern California's Paradise during last year's deadly Camp Fire.

In the video, officers can be seen trying to explain to people what's going on as traffic out of Paradise gets backed up.

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The officers can also be seen helping evacuate large facilities like hospitals.

Officials say they're releasing video now to urge everyone to get ready and plan for the upcoming fire season, and evacuate early if they ever need to.

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