Forest fires in California: number of missing falls at 25

After the deadliest disaster in California, the number of missing people dropped to 25, up from more than 1,200 at the height of the disaster.

The Butte County Sheriff's Office had increased the number of missing to 49 on Friday. 500 a week ago. The death toll remained unchanged at 88.

Last month, a fire devastated the city of Paradise, northeast of San Francisco.

Workers swept away the debris of some 18,000 destroyed homes.

The Sheriff's Department of the Butte on Sunday raised evacuation orders from several areas affected by the fire.

But the newspaper says that Paradise remains closed to traffic and warns residents returning to the area that there is a risk of sudden floods and landslides due to recent heavy rains.

The camp fire broke out on November 8 and quickly spread. Residents of Paradise and other nearby cities only had a few minutes to reunite their loved ones and try to escape by overcrowded roads.

Officials said in the following days that the alarming number of missing persons was "dynamic", treated a large number of calls, reports and e-mails from people who were worried about what was happening. They could not get.

At the time, some media reported irregularities in the list of counties. A resident of Paradise who had escaped the fire and was recovering in Virginia did not know she was on the missing list until last week.

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The cause of the fire is still under investigation, but the Pacific Gas and Electric Co electricity company reported that a high-voltage line had malfunctioned little by little. near at the beginning and at the end of the fire.