That morning I had gotten up somewhat early to do some work, around 745 the light outside was redder than it should be. Going outside I found smoke high in the

That morning I had gotten up somewhat early to do some work, around 745 the light outside was redder than it should be. Going outside I found smoke high in the air and large bits of burnt material falling. An online fire map showed a small fire had started 10 miles north east of town. The weather map showed a 17mph wind headed south west. Out of caution we started packing a few things just in case we get an evacuation notice. However, after 30 minutes or so listening to an online emergency radio scanner and searching social media it became clear we needed to leave. Within an hour we had our 4runner packed and around 9am we were heading out, the sky had now turned dark like night and we encountered normal traffic. We stopped at our office to grab a flat of water, while there got a robocall (landline) notification to evacuate. We headed out of town and just a mile down the road (south middle of town) we saw a large patch of fire burning a few hundred feet from the road. Paradise has essentially 3 roads out, two of them are two lane roads. Often when there's a fire at least one or two can be blocked by fire. We evacuated by car, one car, we could have taken two but decided to stick together in one. Five of us.