Question: When the media says "Camp Fire,"

[MoonRiver]

is that the actual name of an area in California, or do they mean a place named Camp, that is on fire? My husband and I can't figure this one out.

[Tipperary]

1. Named after Camp Creek Rd.

Where it started.

[milestogo]

2. When the media said "Carr Fire"

I kept thinking it was a car on fire.

[Joanie Baloney]

3. It's named for where it starts

"How did California's most destructive fire come to be called the Camp Fire?

Butte County's deadly Camp Fire was named after Camp Creek Road, the location where the fire started.
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Wildfires are often named after their places of origin. For example, last year's deadly Tubbs Fire was named after Tubbs Lane in Calistoga."

https://www.sfgate.com/california-wildfires/article/Why-is-it-called-Camp-Fire-name-Butte-County-destr-13380824.php

-JB

[MoonRiver]

4. Thanks everyone! Question answered.