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

They found the children's bodies under a wet blanket.

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 a family. "The family living in the city brings together three incredible 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 kind 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. 19659012] A few minutes later, the couple was able to get to Michelle's sister's house just west of the Redding city limits, near Highway 299.

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

Harrington said that his sister, Lynsey Mitchell, had just completed a fight against stage 3 breast 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

. Friday, and when she returned to her ranch early on 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." [19659016TheCarrFirehasdestroyed517structuresandthreatensanother5000accordingtotheCaliforniaDepartmentofForestsandFireProtectionButofficialssaythatthey"starttogainground"

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, which is expected to be larger than the city of Philadelphia by the end of the end of week

Sunday that the body of a sixth victim was identified, but refused to release or confirm the names of the victims.

Authorities say that the fire was fired by a defective vehicle on the 23rd.

The shell of a car sits among The ruins of a burned out neighborhood after the fire of Carr went through the Lake Keswick Estates area near Redding, California on Saturday. (Josh Edelson / AFP / Getty Images)

California firefighters attack Ferguson's fire near Yosemite National Park since July 13th. The fire consumed more than 53,000 acres and was contained at 30% on Saturday evening, 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.