TEHRAN, November 13 - President Donald Trump declared three California wildfires a major disaster as the death toll rose to 44 Monday night, including one fire that is the most destructive and deadly ever in the state.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Forty-two of those deaths occurred in the Camp Fire in Northern California. Butte County Sheriff Kory L. Honea announced Monday night first responders found an additional 13 sets of human remains. The previous most deadly fires were 29 deaths in the 1933 Griffith Park fire in Los Angeles and 25 in the Oakland Hills fire in 1991.
The Camp Fire also is the most destructive with more than 100,000 acres scorched.
Along with two others in Southern California -- the Woolsley Fire and the Hill Fire -- the wildfires have forced nearly 150,000 people to evacuate, officials said.
Source: UPI
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