"On Monday, July 23, the Carr Fire started in Northern CA within Shasta County. As of this morning, the fire has consumed 20,000 acres and is 10% contained," Bethel Church posted to its Facebook page. "Right now, we're inviting the global community to join us in praying for Redding, for Northern California, and for California overall."

As well as owning a large church campus in Redding, Bethel Church also runs the popular "Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry" (BSSM), which it self-describes as "a ministry training center where our students embrace their royal identity, learn the values of the Kingdom and walk in the authority and power of the King."

CalFire spokesman Scott McLean stated that the fire is "taking down everything in its path," according to CBS News. "It's just a wall of flames. It's nonstop," he said.

Thousands have been fleeing Redding and the surrounding areas after a last-minute evacuation warning. CBS Sacramento called the scene a "mass exodus."

"Really, we're in a life-saving mode right now in Redding," said Jonathan Cox, a chief with Cal Fire. "We're not fighting a fire. We're trying to move people out of the path of it because it is now deadly and it is now moving at speeds and in ways, we have not seen before in this area."

McLean added that journeys which normally take about 20 minutes were reaching "two-and-a-half hours long as residents fled to safety."

The individual who was killed in the fires is reported to have been a bulldozer operator who was privately contracted to clear vegetation in the path of the blaze. At least three firefighters have been badly burnt as they fought to push back the flames...

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