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5 trapped in cars burn to death in Northern California fire

OROVILLE, Calif. - At least five people have been found dead in the town of Paradise in Northern California after the Camp fire raged through communities in the Sierra Nevada foothills.

Authorities said Friday that investigators discovered the victims on Edgewood Lane, trapped in vehicles that were overtaken by the fire. Butte County Sheriff Kory L. Honea said they could not immediately be identified because they were burned so badly.

"There were people who weren't able to get out," Honea said, speaking from a makeshift command post at Butte College, which had been closed the previous day. As he talked, flakes of ash

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