(Yahoo News) – Survivors told how they fled California’s apocalyptic wildfires as the soles of their shoes melted, celebrities returned to find their multi-million dollars homes in ashes, and the state’s governor warned “our whole way of life” was under threat. As the fires continued to rage at both ends of the Golden State
the death toll around the incinerated northern town of Paradise rose to 42 on Monday night, making it the deadliest wildfire in the state’s history. Two more dead have perished near Malibu in the south of the state. The latest death toll was announced by the Butte County sheriff after authorities located the remains of 13 additional victims. Thousands of firefighters were still searching for bodies among the smoldering ruins, and more than 200 people remained unaccounted for. READ MORE
