Fire

The community shaken by California's Camp Fire is finding ways to come together for Thanksgiving.

The president traveled to areas impacted by the fires in California, including the town of Paradise, which was virtually destroyed.

Chicago fire officials said Sunday's fire was deadliest in more than a decade, and that no smoke detectors were found or heard at the scene. Investigators are still looking into the cause of the fire.

The Greensboro Fire Department has released its final report on the fire that killed five refugee children earlier this year.

There are 18 fires blazing in California, and officials say this year the wildfires have spread faster and burned more land earlier in the fire season than usual.

The Cranston Fire has destroyed five homes and forced some 3,200 people to evacuate from Riverside County. The fire spread very rapidly, expanding to 4,700 acres in just a few hours.

A chicken processing plant in Davie County that was closed after a major fire last year has been sold. The new owner will continue poultry production at the site.

The volunteer firefighters allegedly set abandoned buildings and woods ablaze over an 18 month period.

Last year in North Carolina, there were 83 fire-related deaths. So far this year, there have already been 91, many of them in homes that lacked working smoke alarms.