The Latest: Police chief doesn’t know if home is standing

OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on California wildfires (all times local):
6:45 p.m.
Many people who fled a Northern California town to escape a wildfire say they don’t know whether their homes survived.
The police chief in the town of Paradise, Eric Reinbold, was in that group. Reinbold said Thursday he lives in the middle of town and doesn’t know if his house is standing.
The town of about 27,000 people 180 miles (290 kilometers) northeast of San Francisco was evacuated. A