As this is mainly a news report, this state was a new report in this location for California residents

This is a 4-6th grade reading

https://mvcc.libguides.com/kidlit/lexile https://www.booksource.com/reading-level-chart

Cite in MLA 9th edition but could be put in APA also with the help from these people "Thomas Fuller reported from Napa, and Richard Pérez-Peña and Jonah Engel Bromwich from New York. Reporting was contributed by Carol Pogash from Santa Rosa, California; Stacey Solie from Petaluma, Calif.; Julie Turkewitz from Las Vegas; and Scott Bransford from Fairfield, California." many interviews and person experience .

The reporters added new 360 videos to see how it would've been being there with a sorts of videos about fire and firefighters.

New York Times has a high Factual rating of around 1.4. which is high with high credibility but can be very bias.

https://www.allsides.com/news-source/new-york-times-opinion-media-bias https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/new-york-times/

This title kinda foreshadows the impact of the fire and how it affected residents who faced the challenge of rebuilding their lives. This occurrence demonstrates the importance of being adequately prepared for emergencies.

This is the website with full photos and everything. for more info

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/us/california-fires.html link.gale.com/apps/doc/A508978861/OVIC?u=midlandstc&sid=summon&xid=baebbc3d.

Some in-text citations I did. This is important because on the website they interviewed many and they all didn't take the warning seriously. When they did it was too late.

If you click on any of the author's names, it will send you to a page of other articles they have published and them. All New York Times reporters for over 10+ years.