76 dead, 1,300 missing in California wildfiresBy ASSOCIATED PRESShome/News/World/76 dead, 1,300 missing in California wildfiresCHICO, California: Nearly 1,300 people remain unaccounted for and the death toll from the country’s deadliest wildfire in a century climbed to 76, authorities said Saturday (Sunday in Manila), hours after President Donald Trump surveyed what remained of a decimated Northern California community. The remains of five more people were found Saturday, including four in the decimated town of Paradise and one in nearby Concow, bringing the number of dead to 76. “We’ve never seen anything like this in California, we’ve never seen anything like this yet. Northern California’s Camp Fire has destroyed nearly 10,000 homes and torched 233 square miles (600 square kilometers). Michelle Mack Couch, 49, waited in line to get into a Federal Emergency Management Agency center in the city of Chico.

Source: Manila Times November 18, 2018 16:07 UTC