CALIFORNIA’S WILDFIRE DEATH TOLL RISES TO 42
MAKING IT THE DEADLIEST IN STATE HISTORY
Northern California’s Camp Fire has become the deadliest wildfire in United States history as the death toll climbs to 42. Butte County Sheriff Cory Honea revealed that the remains of 13 additional people were located on Monday. Honea said the remains of 10 people were located in Paradise.
The other three remains were found in the Concow area.
The latest death toll was announced for the Camp Fire, which also ranks as the most destructive on record in California, having leveled more than 7,100 homes and other buildings since it erupted on Thursday, officials said.
Honea said the number of people listed as missing in the disaster remained officially at 228, but added that his office had received more than 1,500 requests for ‘welfare checks’ from people concerned about the fate of their loved ones. The bulk of the destruction and loss of life occurred in and around the town of Paradise, where flames reduced most of the buildings to ash and charred rubble on Thursday night, just hours after the blaze erupted. The 42 confirmed fatalities marks the largest loss of life ever from a single wildland fire in California, Honea said. ‘Managing all the forests everywhere we can, does not stop climate change,’ Governor Jerry Brown said. ‘and those who deny that are definitely contributing to the tragedies that we’re now witnessing, and will continue to witness in the coming years.’
DAILY MAIL,13 NOVEMBER 2018--