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    Redding fire claims three more lives, destroys more than 500 structures

    by Ruben Vives and Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times Jul 29, 2018 5 minutes

    REDDING, Calif._A devastating wildfire in Northern California has claimed the lives of three more people as it continued to spread Saturday, threatening new communities as firefighters struggled to keep up.

    Melody Bledsoe, 70, and her great-grandchildren, 5-year-old James Roberts and 4-year-old Emily Roberts, died in the blaze, according to their family.

    Bledsoe's granddaughter Amanda Woodley confirmed the news Saturday afternoon in a public Facebook post written just after she left the Shasta County Sheriff's Office. Woodley said Bledsoe did everything she could to save the children.

    "She was hovered over them both with a wet blanket," she wrote.

    "My heart is crushed," she said. "I can't believe this is real. I just keep seeing all of their beautiful faces."

    Bledsoe's husband, Ed Bledsoe, wasn't home when the

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