Trump Visits Community Badly Damaged by California Wildfires

President flies to California to see fire’s damage first-hand
More than half of California forests are federal lands

President Trump views damage from wildfires in Paradise, California.Photographer: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

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By Jennifer Jacobs

November 17, 2018 at 9:00 AM UTC

Updated on

November 18, 2018 at 2:40 AM UTC

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President Donald Trump saw for himself on Saturday the ravages of California’s deadly wildfires that have killed 76 people and potentially left more than 1,000 missing.

Touring Paradise, a town all but leveled by the Camp Fire in northern California, Trump viewed the charred remains of burned-out homes during a visit accompanied by Governor Jerry Brown and Governor-elect Gavin Newsom.