Paradise is small mountain retirement town situated between two canyons. Very wooded, most roads aren't wide and don't have sidewalks, mostly wooden houses and

Paradise is small mountain retirement town situated between two canyons. Very wooded, most roads aren't wide and don't have sidewalks, mostly wooden houses and mobile homes. Essentially a forest full of homes. From what I can tell from personal and firsthand accounts the fire was burning in places all across town within 3 hours. The whole town of 27,000+ people needed to leave at once, a very challenging situation.