A total of 67 bodies have been identified so far
The death toll from the deadliest fire in California history, the Camp Fire, has risen further, with the death toll rising to at least 77 since last night.
"A body was found today," the Butte County sheriff announced yesterday, where the Camp Fire has been raging for 10 days, in the northern part of the state.
"Out of the 77 victims, we have identified 67 bodies," the governor's office said, according to Reuters and Agence France-Presse, as reported by the Athens News Agency.
Authorities called on relatives of the missing to provide DNA samples to help identify the bodies, as 993 people are missing.
Yesterday, worshipers gathered at a church near Chico, 20 kilometers west of Paradise, which was destroyed by flames.
"We will be reborn from our ashes," he wrote on a banner above the church, where mostly fire survivors have taken refuge.
Nearly 10.000 homes were destroyed, 600.000 acres were reduced to ashes, and a toxic cloud of fire reached the capital, Sacramento, 130 miles (XNUMX km) south of Paradise.
The fire has been brought under control by 65%, however, the authorities do not expect to put it under full control until November 30.
Three other people died in another fire in the southern part of the state, near Los Angeles.
At the same time, the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, John Bailey, paid tribute to the victims and the fire victims last night by opening the honorary Oscar ceremony.
"Many thousands of our American compatriots have been left homeless," and nearly 1.000 are missing, Bailey said.
"A part of our history was also lost" in the Woolsey Fire, which swept through Malibu and the hills on the western outskirts of Los Angeles, destroying most of the Paramount Ranch, which once housed movie studios.
"Some of the victims may never be found"
Rescuers are continuing to search for the remnants of the deadliest wildfire in California history, searching for traces of the nearly 1000 people believed to be missing.
Fears are expressed that some bodies may never be found due to the intensity of the fire in the city of Paradise.
"We have been told to search as intensely as we can, but it is possible that we will not be able to find any trace of some of the victims," said Tris Muttard, a California Rescue Dog Association volunteer.
"If the fire continued to burn for a long time and developed high temperatures, the bones could, at the very least, break into small pieces that we could not see and it is possible that even dogs would never be able to see them. identify ".
Authorities are urging residents to check the missing list so they can delete the names of people who are now safe or have been registered twice, said Miranda Bauersox, a spokeswoman for the Butte County Sheriff's Office.
Missing lists have grown to more than 2000 in the case of cyclones such as Irma and Michael, which have hit Florida for the past two years. Relatives and friends could not immediately contact their loved ones as the mobile phone network had collapsed and they were reported missing to the police.
Rainfall is expected in the area, in the northern part of San Francisco from tomorrow until Friday, said Patrick Burke, a meteorologist in Maryland.
The rain will make the work of criminologists searching for ashes more difficult, but it will also cause problems for the displaced, hundreds of whom live in tents and cars.