(Fox News) – Six more people were confirmed to have died in connection to the wildfire tearing through Northern California, a sheriff said Sunday evening. The death toll in the northern blaze 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. More than 200 people remained unaccounted for, he added. The
wildfire is now the deadliest wildfire on record in state 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 due to wildfires that have ravaged both ends of the state. READ MORE
