Author: Stephen Johnson / Source: Big Think
- Hundreds of people are still missing after three wildfires spread across Northern and Southern California last week.
- 48 of the 50 deaths occurred after the Camp Fire blazed through the town of Paradise, north of Sacramento.
- On Tuesday night, a fourth wildfire broke out, though it’s mostly contained.
The death toll from the California wildfires has climbed to 50 as firefighters continue to battle flames under dangerously dry and windy conditions.
The Camp Fire that destroyed the town of Paradise in Northern California has so far left at least 48 people dead and more than 200 people missing. It’s become the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California’s history.
“The entire community of Paradise is a toxic wasteland right now,” one Paradise resident told ABC News. “In addition to that, and this is the hardest part for me to even talk about, the number of fatalities is [among] things that we don’t know at this moment and that’s something that has to be determined before people can move back in.”
Officials are using cadaver dogs to search the scorched landscape for people who couldn’t escape the flames, and they’ve set up portable morgues to store bodies. Authorities have requested more assistance, including some 100 National Guard troops to assist in the search for remains and missing people.
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