California fire: 44 dead, the deadliest fire in its history and the difficult search for victims – Univision 14 San Francisco

Sheriff Kory Honea updated the official death toll Monday night, a figure that is expected to continue to rise as hundreds of people are still missing (people whose whereabouts are still unknown).

And this is not about to finish. The meteorological conditions created by the return of the winds from Santa Ana continue to hinder the work of the firefighters who could only contain 30% of the progression of the flames. Local authorities warned that this area had never experienced an explosive fire like this and that it increased the danger.

More d & # 39, a dozen teams of scientific police continue the search for human remains in the field, while anxious parents go to shelters and call the police hope to find their loved ones alive.

Lisa Jordan treated 600 million As of Yakima, Washington, in search of her uncle, Nick Clark, and his wife Anne in Paradise. Anne Clark has multiple sclerosis and can not walk. Nobody knows if they could leave in time or if their house is still standing, he told The Associated Press.

"I keep hope" said Jordan. "Until the last word comes, you are still fighting against it."

The task of locating victims is very complex for the authorities because, as they explained at press conferences, they often only find bones or fragments of them. . That's why they had to ask for more reinforcements in this job, they took away two mobile morgues in the area and they asked for 150 search and rescue officers.

"I want to get as much rest as possible as soon as possible, because I know what it means to your loved ones," explained the Butte County Sheriff.

Chaplains have accompanied by forensic research teams who have visited dozens of addresses belonging to the missing persons.For the members of the sinister operation, the absence of cars at the entrance of the houses is a good sign, its presence is something more disturbing and several charred vehicles constitute an additional call for surveillance.

State authorities indicated that the investigation had focused on the because of the hell that had broken out in Paradise.

Meanwhile, in Southern California, l & # 39; urgency also persists because of the Woolsey fire. goes from North Los Angeles to the Pacific Ocean.

This devastating fire took on an explosive scale and now has a size almost equal to that of a campfire. Until this Tuesday, he consumed 96,314 acres and only 35% could have been contained. And although the deadly victims of this fire are kept in two, the structures and homes destroyed are 435, among which there are houses, roads, lampposts, etc.

Before the return of the dangerous winds of Santa Ana with red flag warning (mixture of heat, dry air and wind that can turn a small fire into a deadly hell) are eager to try to contain the advance celebrity residences located near the sea.

Firefighters had to extinguish two new fires lund i, while trying to contain the fire in the eastern and western areas, which had crossed arid canyons in and around Malibu, setting fire to mansions of celebrities and modest motorhomes.

This Tuesday was no different, in the morning, new flames spread on the Woolsey Fire in Ventura County, near Carlisle Cayon, Sherwood Lake and Boney Montain. The authorities have warned residents of these areas to prepare to evacuate if necessary.

The winds, in addition to high temperatures, dry scrubland and lack of rain are the "perfect ingredients" for the fire to develop explosively. State, said Chris Anthony, division chief of California's Department of Forest and Fire Protection (Cal Fire).

"I have been doing this job for 31 years and probably over the last five years, maybe seven, every year seems to be getting worse," said Scott Jalbert, head of Cal Fire's San unit Luis Obispo .

This incident burned over 80% of the National Park Service lands in the area. The National Recreation Area of ​​the Santa Monica Mountains, said officials.

In total, more than 8,000 firefighters are fighting in several fires across the state, which have detonated more than 7,000 people. and have burned more than 220,000 acres