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Death Toll Mounts To 48 In Northern California Fire, Deadliest In State History
California wildfires: Death toll rises to 25 as firefighters continue search for survivors
Northern California officials fear record wildfire death toll could rise
The deadly Camp Fire also ranked as California’s most destructive ever in terms of property losses, having incinerated more than 6,700 homes and other buildings in the Sierra foothills of Butte County, about 175 miles (280 km) north of San Francisco. Most of the devastation and loss of life was 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. At least 29 fatalities have been confirmed so far, a tally that ranks as the most ever from a single northern California wildfire – surpassing the 25 lives lost in the 1991 Oakland Hills firestorm – and ties the all-time statewide record set in 1933 by the Griffith Park blaze in Los Angeles.
Ferocious winds whip California fires as death toll rises to 31
Officials said the bodies of five people were found in their burned-out homes and the sixth was found in a vehicle in northern California’s Camp Fire, Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea told reporters on Sunday evening. The so-called Camp Fire in the northern part of the state has claimed at least 29 lives since it broke out on Thursday. Hundreds of miles (km) to the south, at least two people have died in the Woolsey conflagration threatening the wealthy beach community of Malibu, near Los Angeles.
Death toll in California fire climbs to 23 as search goes on
PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities called in a mobile DNA lab and anthropologists to help identify the dead as the search went on for victims of the most destructive wildfire in California history. The death toll stood at 23 Sunday and appeared likely to climb.
Death Toll For California's Wildfires Rises To 25
Death toll hits 7 in viral outbreak at pediatric center
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Another young person has died in a viral outbreak at a pediatric rehabilitation center this month, bringing the death toll to seven, officials said Wednesday as they disclosed the first symptoms of the illness showed up a month ago.
The Latest: Death toll in Taiwan derailment stands at 18
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The Latest on a train derailment in Taiwan (all times local):
In Florida, determining hurricane death toll proves elusive
In Florida, a grim task is unwinding slowly: Finding out many people were killed in Hurricane Michael.
In Florida, determining hurricane death toll proves elusive
In Florida, a grim task is unwinding slowly: Finding out many people were killed in Hurricane Michael.
