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CHICO, Calif | Fire death toll hits 63; sheriff says hundreds still missing

CHICO, Calif | Fire death toll hits 63; sheriff says hundreds still missing

CHICO, Calif.— At least 63 are now dead from a Northern California wildfire, and officials say they have a missing persons list with 631 names on it in an ever-evolving accounting of the missing after the nation’s deadliest wildfire in a century.

The high number of missing people probably includes some who fled the blaze and didn’t realize they had been reported missing, Butte County Sheriff Kory…

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MAGALIA, Calif | Northern California fire death toll at 56; 130 missing

MAGALIA, Calif | Northern California fire death toll at 56; 130 missing

MAGALIA, Calif. — As the scope of a deadly Northern California wildfire set in, the sheriff said more than 450 people had now been assigned to comb through the charred remains in search for more bodies. The blaze has killed at least 56 people and authorities say 130 are unaccounted for.

Many of the missing are elderly and from Magalia, a forested town of about 11,000 to the north of Paradise.

The…

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