31 dead, 228 'missing' in California wildfire
Governor seeks aid as toll reaches 31, making the wildfires deadliest in state history
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Chico, California: A sheriff here said 228 people are still unaccounted for in the massive wildfire described by the local media as "catastrophic".
Meanwhile, more than 4,000 are fighting the Camp and Woolsey Fires in California that have burned over 170,000 acres.
There are at least 52,000 who have evacuated, and the families of the 11 who have died. The destruction is catastrophic.
By the numbers
Paradaise, California: Authorities have reported 6 additional deaths in a Northern California, raising the death toll to 31, and making it the deadliest wildfire on record in California history.
Butte County Sheriff Cory Honea said the human remains recovered on Sunday included five bodies found at homes and one in a vehicle in Paradise.
He also announced that 228 people remain unaccounted for since the fire began Thursday and incinerated the foothill town.
The state-wide total of deaths from wildfires reached 31.
