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The statewide death toll in California's wildfires reached 50 late Tuesday, as reported six more fatalities in the Camp fire in the north of the state.
The deaths from the camp fire, the deadliest wildfire in the state's history, increased to 48,
Two people also died in the Woolsey fire, a major blaze around Los Angeles.
Authorities in northern California have been blazing the city of paradise by incinerated the town of paradise. Officials said earlier Tuesday that the fire had grown to 195 square miles.
An additional 150 search-and-rescue has joined the 13 teams already looking for remains. These people are unaccounted for.
Camp fire
Firefighters have managed to get the Camp Fire, in northern California, up to 30%. After days of low humidity and high winds helped the fire, the NWS meteorologist Aviva Braun said.
The fire is still actively burning, and more than 5,000 people are working on the scene.
The fire behavior specialist Jonathan Pangburn warned crews Tuesday morning that they could see the fires and ignition potential.
"Remember, it has jumped to 300ft at least three times, so areas where it might be possible, it is right now," Pangburn said.
More than 7,600 structures have been destroyed, the vast majority of those are homes in Paradise, a Sierra Foothill town of 27,000 about 180 miles north of San Francisco.
Many of the dead have been found badly burned in cars and residences.
"This is an unprecedented event," the Butte County Sheriff, Kory Honea, said Monday. "I want to recover as much as we can.
To date, three people have been identified: Ernest Foss of Paradise, 65, Jesus Hernandez of Concow, 48, and Carl Wiley of Magalia, 77.
More details emerged on Tuesday about the victims.
Ernest Foss was a musician who gave lessons out of where he lived in San Francisco, where he told the story of the movie.
Carl Wiley refurbished tires for Michelin. Jesus Fernandez is known as "Zeus".
Foss, 63, moved to Paradise eight years ago because of the San Francisco Bay Area, according to his daughter, Angela Loo. He had swollen limbs and could not walk. He had also been on oxygen.
Loo told KTVU-TV in Oakland that his father taught music in San Francisco and turned the living room into a studio. "I love that he shared his gift of music with me and so many others during his lifetime," she said. "He would be remembered for being a San Franciscan through and through."
Woolsey fire
In a press conference on Tuesday, fire and law enforcement officials from LA and Ventura counties said the danger over the giant Woolsey Fire, which has scorched more than 120 square miles since it was last Thursday, was "far from over".
With 35% containment after six-day firefight – described by firefighters in southern California as the most challenging of their careers – the blaze has already burned across 96,314 acres, with more dry winds expected and brush-covered canyons still at risk of fueling the flames to the west.
Saying that this fire had already been over the years, the Los Angeles County Fire Chief, Daryl Osby, told reporters that more than 435 homes had already been destroyed. Reflecting on his three-decade career, he likened the magnitude of the destruction to Hurricane Katrina.
"We are still concerned about the safety of our citizens," he said, commenting that it was their objective, followed by saving structures and containing and extinguishing the fire.
The Cal Fire deputy Nick Schuler said 500 new fires had burned more than 225,000 acres across the state and more than 8,700 firefighters were still battling statewide flames.
The area remains under red flag warning Wednesday, February 9th, 2011 at 12:01 am, gusty, Santa Ana wind conditions continues to cause erratic fire behavior and fast-moving flames. Issued by the National Weather Service, the designation is also intended to warn residents to remain vigilant. Wind-driven or negligent behavior can easily be ignored by drought-ridden areas of Southern California.
In wealthy Malibu, surfers made their way to a yacht to collect supplies for residents.
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(@Bri_sacks)In the most Malibu thing ever, here's a bunch of surfers getting a 150-foot yacht for residents #Woolseyfire pic.twitter.com/Mi8Cd0qroM
Rain is expected next week, which could help the smoldering areas and help firefighters control and contain the fire. But, officials said, one can fire-damaged hillsides, hard rains can quickly turn into deadly mudslides. In the rainy weeks following the Thomas fire last year, 15 were killed when their homes slid from the mountainsides.
There may also be questions about who may be living at their homes in the area. The Los Angeles County Sheriff, Jim McDonnell, said, "It's a matter of course, but it's going to be difficult."
The fire, the fire, the fire, the fire, the fire and the fire. Water lines, sewers, roads, and services were all affected. "There are real health hazards from toxic burning smoke," he added, along with the danger of wind flames back to already burned areas.
The Ventura county fire chief, Mark Lorenzen, echoed the feelings, saying there was still significant activity in the burn area. "We are not out of the woods yet," he said.
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