- Video shows a harrowing escape from the Camp Fire as a dad drove his 3-year-old daughter to safety. 
 
 Thousands were forced to flee their homes Thursday in Butte County as the Camp Fire grew. 
 
 The sky was lit orange, embers were raining down, and fire lit both sides of the roadway as the Allen family evacuated. 
 
 The family split up into two vehicles. Whitney Allen took their 8-month-old daughter Jordan, while her husband Joe Allen was with their 3-year-old daughter Olivia. 
 
 Whitney tells KTVU her husband is retired military with a lot of training so he's good at staying calm in high pressure situations. "He was of course worried. At one point we both thought we weren't going to make it out." 
 
 In the video he talks to Olivia about the fire saying, "hey guess what, we're not going to catch on fire OK. We're going to stay away from it and we'll be just fine. We're doing alright." 
 
 As they drive through traffic he sings, "Baby it' will be alright," to calm her nerves. 
 
 During the escape Olivia can be heard saying, "I can't see my mom." 
 
 Joe constantly reassures Olivia saying he'll stay away from the fire. When she wants to turn around and go home, he says they'll return when it's more "Princess Poppy." 
 
 The vehicle finally appears to reach the end of the fire line and they speed to safety cheering, "Yay!" 
 
 Olivia can be heard saying, "You did it, you did it!" As her dad responds, "we did it together." 
 
 Olivia celebrated her third birthday later that night when the family was safe. 
 
 The Allens don't believe they'll have a home to return to. 
 
 Whitney said, "As our lives drastically changed today, we are reminded what is most important. Tonight we celebrated Olivia’s birthday because even though we lost everything today and so did my family... we didn’t lose each other and that is truly what matters." ||||| Three devastating California wildfires — two in the south and one in the north — have forced over a quarter of a million people who were in harm’s way to evacuate from their homes, some of which didn’t survive the blazes. 
 
 Firefighters in the northern part of the state are battling a blaze — known as the Camp Fire — which as of Sunday morning, had burned through 109,000 acres and was only 25 percent contained, according to Cal Fire. 
 
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 In a press release on Saturday, the Butte County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that the number of fatalities reported had grown from 9 to 23. Over half of the victims were found in the city of Paradise. 
 
 Additionally, the Woosley Fire, which is affecting residents in Ventura and Los Angeles counties, had burned through 83,275 acres and was only 10 percent contained as of Sunday morning, according to Cali Fire. 
 
 The Hill Fire, located just a few miles from where 12 people were killed in a mass shooting, had covered 4,531 acres by Sunday and was 70 percent contained. 
 
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 While some celebrities, including Kourtney Kardashian and Alyssa Milano, were lucky to have the flames not destroy their homes, others were not so fortunate. 
 
 On Saturday, Robin Thicke’s pregnant girlfriend April Love Geary shared on her Instagram Story that the home the couple shares in Malibu had been burned down. 
 
 “Our house is gone,” she wrote alongside an image that appeared to show the gate of their home amongst the charred debris. 
 
 Thicke had previously shared an image of dark smoke clouds filling up the sky near where the couple lived, writing, “Our home is just to the left! Praying.” 
 
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 The singer went on to post a note on behalf of himself, Geary, their daughter Mia Love and son Julian Fuego, thanking all of the “courageous firefighters and volunteers” for their help. 
 
 “As we drove to safety, they risked their lives trying to save our home,” he wrote. “We are safe and surrounded by friends and family. We Thank you for all the love and support we’ve received and we send our love and prayers to everyone affected by the fires. Count your blessings!” 
 
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 Former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Camille Grammer also shared on social media that she had lost her home. 
 
 “Sadly my house couldn’t be saved,” she wrote on Instagram, alongside an image of her house being engulfed by flames. 
 
 “The courageous firefighters were able to save my cars and personal items recovered from my home. I thanked the fire captain and his team of fireman for all of their hard work,” she wrote. “Sad we lost our home but grateful that my family is safe.” 
 
 “Luckily we quickly evacuated our house yesterday after a patrol car drove up the street announcing mandatory evacuations. I’m grateful for my lovely neighbors and friends who kept me informed and for their help this evening,” she added. “Thank you all for caring.” 
 
 After returning to his Malibu home on Sunday, Gerard Butler shared a photo of himself standing next to the charred remains of his own home. 
 
 “Returned to my house in Malibu after evacuating. Heartbreaking time across California. Inspired as ever by the courage, spirit and sacrifice of firefighters. Thank you @LAFD,” he wrote. “If you can, support these brave men and women at http://SupportLAFD.org.” 
 
 Young and the Restless alum Tracy Bregman also lost her home, and Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ Eileen Davidson indicated that she lost the yard around her family’s home. 
 
 Returned to my house in Malibu after evacuating. Heartbreaking time across California. Inspired as ever by the courage, spirit and sacrifice of firefighters. Thank you @LAFD. If you can, support these brave men and women at https://t.co/ei7c7F7cZx. pic.twitter.com/AcBcLtKmDU — Gerard Butler (@GerardButler) November 11, 2018 
 
 After living for 24 hours thinking we lost our house completely we found out yesterday that we only lost the yard around our house. Sweating it out for the next 48 hours and praying for everybody involved in this devastating and horrific fire. Love to all of you. ❤️ #woolseyfires — Eileen Davidson (@eileen_davidson) November 11, 2018 
 
 Many other celebrities, including the Kardashians, Lady Gaga and Will Smith were also forced to evacuate their homes. The fate of many homes is still unclear. 
 
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 In addition to sharing ways that their fans can help support victims of the fires, a number of celebrities have gone the extra mile to take a more hands-on approach. 
 
 On Saturday, Kendra Wilkinson thanked her ex-husband Hank Baskett for helping to put out fires. 
 
 “The kids and I are so proud of @The HankBaskett for going out and helping put our fires around Calabasas. He saved many homes without the people probably even knowing. Great job Hank!” she tweeted, adding a clapping hands emoji. 
 
 The kids and I are so proud of @TheHankBaskett for going out and helping put out fires around Calabasas. He saved many homes without the people probably even knowing. Great job Hank! 👏🏻 — Kendra Wilkinson (@KendraWilkinson) November 10, 2018 
 
 Doing her part, Khloé Kardashian took a trip to CVS on Saturday to purchase supplies for firefighters, while Rob Lowe also shared that his sons and nephews were helping assist evacuations and bring food to firefighters. 
 
 Countless other celebrities who have been affected by the fires have also offered up their thoughts and prayers to everybody involved — and shared their gratefulness for those who had helped in their time of need. 
 
 Actress Tori Spelling revealed that Jennie Garth, her good friend and former Beverly Hills, 90210 costar, had taken her entire family in after they had been forced to evacuate. 
 
 “Our hearts go out to all the people affected by and still being affected by the #woolseyfire. It’s in a time of utter disaster and despair that humanity steps up. Amazing to see the outpour of generosity and kindness that people have shown towards other humans and animals affected by the fires and evacuations,” she wrote, adding that many of her friends “immediately reached out and offered their homes to us.” 
 
 “And, thank you most of all to my childhood, adulthood, everything in between, and lifelong friend @jenniegarth for giving our ginormous family flesh and fur your entire house to stay at in a moments notice. I’m not good at asking for what I need. But only my best friend would know that and jump in and just make it happen!” she added. “Let’s keep praying and doing our part. Never stop showing what some will always underestimate, that kindness will always win in the long run. Love to everyone.” 
 
 President Donald Trump‘s youngest daughter Tiffany Trump, who grew up in Calabasas, also offered up her own heartfelt condolences. 
 
 “My heart goes out to my friends and to all that have been affected and lost their homes due to these wildfires. Thank you to all of the fire fighters, first responders and volunteers risking their lives and working relentlessly to contain #Woolseyfire,” she wrote on Instagram. 
 
 “Growing up I had to evacuate three times from my home in Calabasas – but not until now has a fire burnt down houses within my community,” she added. “Please pray for the safety and strength of our incredible firefighters on the front line.” 
 
 Getting ready for show.Such an Unreal experience. 🔥Fires across The St.From My House, Cant See Neighbors House Through The 🔥. & It’s All on 
 
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 Thoughts after passing a police checkpoint to return briefly to our home; Grateful we have a home to return to. Heartbroken for those who don't. Profound gratitude and respect for the brave men and women putting themselves in harm's way to fight these infernos. #WoolseyFire — Tom Bergeron (@Tom_Bergeron) November 10, 2018 
 
 My house is safe guys, thanks for everyone who sent me updates yesterday on the fire. 
 
 Feeling very thankful to have a home to go back to today. 🙏 — IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) November 10, 2018 
 
 High winds, low humidity and dry vegetation have stoked the fires, according to CNN. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warns that “strong offshore” winds and low humidity “will promote conditions highly favorable” for a continued spread of the fires. 
 
 To help victims of the California wildfires, visit the American Red Cross, the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation and the California Fire Foundation for more information. ||||| A sheriff's deputy recovers the remains of a Camp Fire victim from an overturned car in Paradise, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) (Associated Press) 
 
 A sheriff's deputy recovers the remains of a Camp Fire victim from an overturned car in Paradise, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) (Associated Press) 
 
 CHICO, Calif. (AP) — At least 63 are now dead from a Northern California wildfire, and officials say they have a missing persons list with 631 names on it in an ever-evolving accounting of the missing after the nation's deadliest wildfire in a century. 
 
 The high number of missing people probably includes some who fled the blaze and didn't realize they had been reported missing, Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea said. He added that he was making the list public so people could see if they were on it and let authorities know they were safe. 
 
 "The chaos that we were dealing with was extraordinary," Honea said of the early crisis hours last week. "Now we're trying to go back out and make sure that we're accounting for everyone." 
 
 Some 52,000 people were displaced to shelters, the homes of friends and relatives, to motels — and to a Walmart parking lot and an adjacent field in Chico, a dozen miles away from the ashes. 
 
 At vast shelter parking lot, evacuees from California's deadliest fire wonder if they still have homes, if their neighbors are still alive — and where they will go when their place of refuge shuts down in a matter of days. 
 
 "It's cold and scary," said Lilly Batres, 13, one of the few children there, who fled with her family from the forested town of Magalia and didn't know whether her home survived. "I feel like people are going to come into our tent." 
 
 The Northern California fire that began a week earlier obliterated the town of Paradise and caused such carnage that searchers continued to pull bodies out of incinerated homes and cremated cars. The toll had reached 63 dead and 9,800 homes destroyed. 
 
 The fire was 40 percent contained, but there was no timeline for allowing evacuees to return because of the danger. Power lines are still down, roads closed, and firefighters are still dousing embers, authorities said. 
 
 On Thursday, Anna Goodnight of Paradise tried to make the best of it, sitting on an overturned shopping car in the parking lot and eating scrambled eggs and tater tots while her husband drank a Budweiser. 
 
 But then William Goodnight d began to cry. 
 
 "We're grateful. We're better off than some. I've been holding it together for her," he said, gesturing toward his wife. "I'm just breaking down finally." 
 
 More than 75 tents had popped up in the space since Matthew Flanagan arrived last Friday. 
 
 "We call it Wally World," Flanagan said, a riff off the store name. "When I first got here, there was nobody here. And now it's just getting worse and worse and worse. There are more evacuees, more people running out of money for hotels." 
 
 Word began to spread Thursday that efforts were being made to phase out the camp by Sunday by gradually removing donated clothing, food and toilets. 
 
 "The ultimate goal is to get these people out of tents, out of their cars and into warm shelter, into homes," said Jessica Busick, who was among the first volunteers when she and her husband started serving free food from their Truckaroni food truck last week. "We've always known this isn't a long-term solution." 
 
 A Sunday closure "gives us enough time to maybe figure something out," said Mike Robertson, an evacuee who arrived there on Monday with his wife and two daughters. 
 
 It's unclear what will be done if people don't leave Sunday, but city officials don't plan to kick them out, said Betsy Totten, a Chico spokeswoman. Totten said volunteers — not the city — had decided to shut down the camp. 
 
 Walmart has added security to the location and is concerned about safety there, but it is not asking people to leave, spokeswoman LeMia Jenkins said. 
 
 Some, like Batres' family, had arrived after running out of money for a hotel. Others couldn't find a room or weren't allowed to stay at shelters with their dogs or, in the case of Suzanne Kaksonen, her two cockatoos. 
 
 Kaksonen couldn't remember how long she had been there, but she said it felt like forever. 
 
 "I just want to go home," she said. "I don't even care if there's no home. I just want to go back to my dirt, you know, and put a trailer up and clean it up and get going. Sooner the better. I don't want to wait six months. That petrifies me." 
 
 Some evacuees helped sort immense piles of donations that have poured in. Racks of used clothes from sweaters to plaid flannel shirts and tables covered with neatly organized pairs of boots, sneakers and shoes competed for space with shopping carts full of clothes, garbage bags stuffed with other donations, boxes of books, stuffed animals — yellow, purple and green teddy bears and a menagerie of other fuzzy critters — sitting on the pavement. 
 
 Food trucks offered free meals and a cook flipped burgers on a grill. There were portable toilets, and some people used the Walmart restrooms. 
 
 Someone walking through the camp Thursday offered free medical marijuana. 
 
 Information for contacting the Federal Emergency Management Agency for assistance was posted on a board that allowed people to write the names of those they believed were missing. Several names had the word "Here" written next to them. 
 
 Melissa Contant, who drove from the San Francisco area to help out, advised people to register with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as soon as possible and not to reveal too much information about whether they own or rent homes or if they have sufficient food and water, because that could delay aid. 
 
 "You're living in a Walmart parking lot — you're not OK," she told Maggie and Michael Crowder. 
 
 At the other end of the state, meanwhile, more residents were being allowed back into the zone of a wildfire that torched an area the size of Denver west of Los Angeles. The fire was 62 percent contained after destroying nearly 550 homes and other buildings. At least three deaths were reported. 
 
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 Melley reported from Los Angeles. AP journalist Terence Chea in Chico contributed to this story.
– A video that captures a family's escape from the California wildfires has gone viral, thanks mainly to the father's calm reassurance of his 3-year-old daughter in the back seat. Joe Allen sings to Olivia at one point, "Baby it'll be all right" as he drives through dense smoke, with embers falling on the car and fire on both sides of the road, reports KTVU. Watch it here. The Allens were among those who fled Paradise, California, with Joe and Olivia in one vehicle, and wife Whitney and 8-month-old Jordan in another. "Hey guess what, we're not going to catch on fire, OK," Joe tells Olivia as she talks about the fire. "We're going to stay away from it and we'll be just fine. We're doing alright." When she asks about returning home, he says they'll do so when it's more "Princess Poppy." And when their vehicle hits a clear point in the road, Olivia says, "You did it, you did it!" and Joe responds, "We did it together." Wife Whitney also got out safely, though "at one point we both thought we weren't going to make it," she tells KTVU. Meanwhile, the death toll from the Camp Fire that decimated Paradise rose to 23, reports the AP, and it seems certain to keep rising. The Butte County Sheriff's Department has a list of more than 100 people considered missing. Two people were killed in a separate wildfire in Southern California on Saturday, bringing the statewide total to 25.