Six more people have died in connection to the wildfire tearing through Northern California, a sheriff said Sunday evening.
The death toll in the northern blaze — known as the Camp Fire — rose to 29 as a result of the discoveries, which included five bodies located at homes and one that was found in a vehicle, Butte County Sheriff Cory Honea said. An additional 228 people were unaccounted for, he added.
The wildfire now matches the deadliest blaze on record in California history.
The Camp Fire, which tore through the town of Paradise, had burned 109,000 acres since it first began on Thursday, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
More than 6,400 residences were destroyed in the fire that stands at 25 percent containment, the agency said.
At least 31 people have died statewide in wildfires that have burned nearly 400 square miles in Northern and Southern California.
Devastating images of Paradise, a town of roughly 27,000 residents, depicted destroyed homes and roads dotted with charred vehicles. Authorities called in a mobile DNA lab and anthropologists to help identify victims. Honea said the county consulted anthropologists from California State University at Chico because, in some cases, investigators have been able to recover only bones and bone fragments.
#HillCanyonFire: Flames in the distance. A stream of cars leaving this neighborhood in Camarillo. One man is sitting on his rooftop and watching the fire instead. pic.twitter.com/W3opFZjVl9
— Veronica Miracle (@ABC7Veronica) November 9, 2018
#WoolseyFire Winds are pushing the fire hard in Oak Park now pic.twitter.com/sx5PIgZA4b
— Michael Coons (@Michael_Coons) November 9, 2018
#WoolseyFire #Malibu Please Continue to Evacuate & Drive Safely. We will continue to bring #LASD Personnel & Resources pic.twitter.com/mcVRZ9xzZ1
— LA County Sheriff's (@LASDHQ) November 10, 2018
Evacuation orders HAVE NOT been lifted for the 75,000 Los Angeles County homes within the Woolsey Fire Evacuation Area. Those displaced by the wildfire are strongly advised not to return to the area until first responders declare the area safe. #WoolseyFire pic.twitter.com/Hy2lsPyiSv
— LA County Sheriff's (@LASDHQ) November 11, 2018
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