Camp Fire Death Toll Climbs To 76 As Missing Person List Swells To Almost 1,300

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The loss of life from Northern California Campfire currently remains at 76 after inquiry and-safeguard authorities recouped five arrangements of stays on Saturday.

Butte County Sheriff-Coroner Kory L. Honea said that while 63 people have just been “likely recognized,” affirmation will come just from DNA tests.

The state’s loss of life currently remains at 79 following the revelation of three bodies in the Woolsey fire in Southern California.
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PARADISE, CA – NOVEMBER 16: Rescue workers search the Paradise Gardens apartments for victims of the Camp Fire on November 16, 2018, in Paradise, California. Fueled by high winds and low humidity the Camp Fire ripped through the town of Paradise charring over 140,000 acres, killed at least 63 people and has destroyed over 11,000 homes and businesses. The fire is currently at 45 percent containment and 631 people still remain missing. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Honea pleaded with the public to checklists of missing people “and call in and let us know they are safe so that we can begin to get them off the list and devote resources to other areas.”

“As of tonight, the current list of unaccounted individuals stands at 1,276,” he said Saturday.

President Donald Trump toured the destruction left in the wake of the wildfires on Saturday, telling reporters that “nobody thought this could happen.”

“Hopefully this is going to be the last one of these,” he said, per CNN.

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President Donald Trump toured areas affected by the deadly wildfires on Saturday.

The deadliest rapidly spreading fire in California’s history, the Campfire has been in charge of the devastation of almost 10,000 homes. As per CBS, the blast is presently 55 percent contained in the wake of consuming in excess of 149,000 sections of land.

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