Carr Fire: The number of dead climbs to six as crews fight in California

They found the bodies of children under a blanket wet.

For days, family members combed through the evacuation shelters, praying for a sign that Melody Bledsoe and her granddaughter's children had survived Carr's fire.

In Redding, California, looking for something much worse.

On Saturday, authorities called relatives in the sheriff's office with news of the sinister conclusion of the search – and details about the last futile act of a matriarch. Amanda Woodley wrote on Facebook soon after.

They were the last identified victims of Californian Carr Fire, a 89,194 acre fire that killed six people and

Emily Roberts was 4 years old. His brother, James Roberts Jr., was 5 years old. Their great-grandmother, Bledsoe, was 70 years old. Their family had not heard from them since the reception of "The family living in the city brings together three extraordinary souls," Woodley writes. "My heart is crushed I can not believe it's real I continue to see all their beautiful faces."

While some families were mourning their loved ones, others were returning to destroyed homes and facing another type of loss. John and Michelle Harrington tried to reach his home in Redding on Sunday, but were stranded.

"I guess we'll have to wait and see later," said Michelle Harrington, examining what she describes as a war zone. 19659016] A few minutes later, the couple was able to travel to the home of Sister Michelle just west of the Redding City limits, near the 299 highway.

"Where do you start? you when you see that? " . "How do you say to the kids, look, there is their play structure among all the damage."

Harrington said his sister, Lynsey Mitchell, had just completed a fight against stage 3 bad cancer and was working to restore his house.

"Ok, I guess we start with a clean slate," Harrington said taking iPhone pictures of the charred property.

Ten miles to the west, in the rugged terrain above French Gulch, Kim May said she lost her ranch Friday night, after surviving the fire that took place. ravaged his neighbors last Tuesday.

"I told my neighbors, who are lumberjacks, that when they leave, I will leave," she said. On Friday, and when she came back to her ranch early Saturday morning, she said that he was in a mess.

"This fire was angry I am a country girl and I hunt for a living and I have not recognized my own alley.It was a war zone." [19659019] Carr Fire has destroyed 517 structures and threatens another 5,000, according to the California Department of Forests and Fire Protection. But officials say that they "start to gain ground".

Cal Fire's Brett Gouvea told reporters that the crews were feeling "much more optimistic" and expect to see the percentage of containment increase by 5%. Jeremy Stoke, Redding Fire Inspector, and Don Ray Smith, a private bulldozer operator, were killed trying to contain the fire that will likely be larger than the city of Philadelphia by the end of the weekend.

that the body of a sixth victim was identified, but refused to disclose or confirm the name of any of the victims.

Authorities say that it was triggered by a faulty vehicle on Monday, July 23.

The hull of a car is found among the ruins of a burnt neighborhood after Carr's fire pbaded through the Lake Keswick Estates area near Redding, California on Saturday. (Josh Edelson / AFP / Getty Images)

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Firefighters attack the Ferguson fire near the national park from Yosemite since July 13th. The fire consumed more than 53,000 acres and was contained at 30% on the night of Saturday, according to the US Forest Service . A bulldozer operator was killed in the fire, which is mainly confined to rough terrain where there are no roads.