The charred remains of 14 more people have been found in and around a Northern California town overrun by flames from a massive wildfire, officials said on Saturday, raising the death toll to at least 23.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - The bodies were recovered in and around Paradise, a mountain community some 90 miles (145 km) north of Sacramento that has been left devastated by the Camp Fire, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection spokesman Scott Maclean said.
Maclean said no details were immediately available about the circumstances of the deaths and that the victims’ badly burned condition would make identification difficult.
The Camp Fire burned down more than 6,700 homes and businesses in Paradise, more structures than any other California wildfire on record, and the death toll, which could still rise, also makes it one of the deadliest.
As of Saturday afternoon, the Camp Fire had blackened more than 100,000 acres (40,500 hectares) at the edge of the Plumas National Forest. Crews had cut containment lines around about 20 percent of the blaze.
The wildfire is one of three in the state that has gained in size and scope as firefighters sought to rescue victims and gain control of the disaster on Friday afternoon.
Source: Press TV
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