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Against the Odds - Episode 2 Bottleneck
A faulty electrical line sparked a fire in the foothills of Northern California's Sierra Nevada mountains. A little before 8 a.m., the flames reached the mountain town of Paradise. All 27,000 residents were ordered to evacuate, but Paradise only had a few roads leading out of town. As people fled to safety, traffic along the main thoroughfares slowed to a crawl, leaving residents stranded as flames advanced. This is episode 2, bottleneck.