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REDDING, California (AP) – The latest on California fires (all local weather):
3:10 pm
Firefighters say crews have stopped part of the growth of a fire from Northern California that has killed six people and destroyed more than 500 buildings.
California Fire and Forest Protection Fire Chief Bret Gouvea said Sunday firefighters were gaining ground and were not in a defensive position. It exploded on Thursday and left neighborhoods in Redding, a town about 230 miles (370 kilometers) north of San Francisco.
Gouvea stated that the fire was not moving as fast as before. He said he was optimistic and expected the containment numbers to increase
The fire burned 139 square miles (360 square kilometers).
Sheriff officials, meanwhile, found Sunday the remains of a sixth fire. A sheriff from Northern California says that a sixth person died in a fire that destroyed more than 500 buildings.
Sheriff of Shasta County, Tom Bosenko, said Sunday that the remains were found inside the city limits. Carr Fire near Redding, about 230 miles (370 kilometers) north of San Francisco.
He said that the victim, who was not identified, did not evacuate despite an evacuation warning
Bosenko said that the sheriff's department is seven years old.
The fire also cost the lives of two firefighters and two children and their great-grandmother.
Don Ray Smith, eight years old, was a bulldozer operator helping clear vegetation. in the path of the forest fire when he died. The Redding Fire Inspector, Jeremy Stoke, was also killed, but no details were provided.
The other three victims – Melody Bledsoe, 70, and her two great-grandchildren, James Roberts, 4-year-old Emily Roberts – died when walls of flames swept the family's rural property to the periphery of Redding
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12:50 pm
A police chief whose house was destroyed
Redding Police Chief Roger Moore told CNN on Sunday that the house of his father had also burned in the fire, but his family had good support
Moore said the property could be replaced.
Five people died in the fire, including a woman and two great-grandchildren
The fire destroyed more than 500 buildings and threatens thousands of others. Three-digit temperatures and dry vegetation make it difficult for crews.
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12:05 pm
Some evacuees from a deadly forest fire in northern California say that they are frustrated because they do not know if their homes are standing or were destroyed.
Sunday's authorities did not reopen the Redding neighborhoods that were devastated by the flames.
Fed up, Tim Bollman, traveled 4 miles (6.4 kilometers) on steep terrain to check out the house he built for his wife and two sons.
He found rubble
Bollman took hundreds of photos, recorded videos, texted his wife and went on a hike.
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9:35 am
Lynne Tolmachoff, spokesperson for the California Department of Forests and Fire Protection, said on Sunday that 12,000 firefighters were fighting 17 major fires in California
. last year, and the worst part of the fire season was yet to come.
A fire in the Redding area about 230 miles (370 kilometers) north of San Francisco killed five people and destroyed more than 500 buildings by covering 360 square kilometers.
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9:00 am
Crews control a small forest fire in Napa County, California.
The California Department of Forests and Fire Protection stated that the fire around Lake Berryessa in Napa County, which had destroyed seven structures, was confined to 50% since Sunday morning [19659031]. day earlier and forced evacuations. He burned 150 acres (61 hectares).
Two fires about 100 miles (161 kilometers) northwest in Mendocino County consumed 39 square miles (101 square kilometers) and destroyed four houses
On Sunday, the fires were each contained at 5%. Fires forced evacuations and threatened more than 4,500 structures
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8:10
Firefighters claim that a deadly forest fire in northern California that destroyed more than 500 buildings and threatened Thousands of others have not pushed the spokesman for the Department of Forests and Fire Protection, Anthony Romero, said on Sunday that the fire in the Redding area has increased. Approximately 9 square miles (23 square kilometers) to 139 square miles (360 square kilometers). It remains 5% content.
Romero said that there are still many uncertainties that could explode the fire.
A vehicle problem ignited the fire on Monday, but it was only on Thursday that the fire exploded and ran into communities to the west of Redding before entering within the city limits.
killed five, including a 70-year-old woman and two great-grandchildren. It destroyed 517 buildings and damaged 135 others. More than 5,000 structures are under threat and tens of thousands of people are in a state of evacuation.
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10 am
A deadly forest fire in northern California has destroyed more than 500 buildings and threatens thousands of others as it rages in its fourth day.
The fire in the Redding area left five dead, including a 70-year-old woman and her two great-grandchildren.
About 38,000 people remained under evacuation orders on Saturday and stayed with relatives or in hotels or shelters.
Anna Noland, who was evacuated twice in three days, learned Friday that she had lost her home. She says that's hard to believe.
A vehicle problem lit the fire on Monday, but it was only on Thursday that the fire exploded and ran into communities west of Redding before entering within the city limits. Saturday, towards the tiny communities of Ono, Igo and Gas Point
The fire rose slightly to 340 square kilometers on Saturday.
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