More info on Paradise Fire alert and evacuations

I'm cutting this for c&p-ing some news articles behind paywalls. Nothing graphic described. Two medium-length articles explaining some of what went wrong and why, plus some highly dubious-sounding justifications from city officials. Plus commentary by me. Please chime in with thoughts or further info, if you've found any.

To be clear: I think some people probably would have died in Paradise even under perfect emergency management. That was a horrific fire that moved incredibly fast. But it should been a person or two who fell through the cracks the way people do - an isolated person who got missed, someone who ran back to fetch something, etc. It should not have been, as is looking likely, over a hundred.

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