Search teams were heading back into the devastated town of Paradise on Tuesday with the grim expectation of finding more bodies in the charred remnants of the Sierra Nevada retirement community. With a toll of 42 dead, the fire is already the deadliest in California history, and more than 200 people remain missing.
Adding to the 13 coroner teams from across the state that were already working to locate the dead in and around Paradise, the Butte County sheriff announced a sharp increase in experts who specialize in finding human remains: 150 extra search-and-rescue personnel, cadaver dogs and two portable, temporary morgue units from the military. The sheriff is also seeking to bring in a machine to “expedite the analysis of DNA” to speed up the identification of remains.
Here are the latest developments:
• The Camp Fire, as the blaze that ripped through Paradise is known, is only about 30 percent contained and has burned through 125,000 acres. It continues to rage in the hills and ravines east of the city of Chico “Winds are decreasing,” said Jim Mathews, a forecaster with the National Weather Service in Sacramento. “But conditions are still dry.”
Adding to the 13 coroner teams from across the state that were already working to locate the dead in and around Paradise, the Butte County sheriff announced a sharp increase in experts who specialize in finding human remains: 150 extra search-and-rescue personnel, cadaver dogs and two portable, temporary morgue units from the military. The sheriff is also seeking to bring in a machine to “expedite the analysis of DNA” to speed up the identification of remains.
Here are the latest developments:
• The Camp Fire, as the blaze that ripped through Paradise is known, is only about 30 percent contained and has burned through 125,000 acres. It continues to rage in the hills and ravines east of the city of Chico “Winds are decreasing,” said Jim Mathews, a forecaster with the National Weather Service in Sacramento. “But conditions are still dry.”
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