More than 600 still missing as town of Paradise reels from unfathomable wildfire losses
by Alene Tchekmedyian, Nicole Santa Cruz and Javier Panzar, Los Angeles Times
Nov 17, 2018
3 minutes
CHICO, Calif. - An army of searchers on Friday moved through the rubble of Paradise in a desperate search to find more victims of California's worst fire as the number of people still missing skyrocketed.
The death toll from the devastating Camp fire rose to 63 Thursday, while the number of people reported missing jumped to 631, authorities said.
Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea told reporters that search crews recovered seven more bodies in the burn area: three in Magalia, three in Paradise and one in Concow.
The California Highway
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