Nearly 1,000 people still missing after California deadly fire

(Reuters) – The emergency services on Sunday examined the deadliest fire in California, the deadliest wreck of all time, looking for the remains of nearly 1,000 people missing as crews progressed. to control the fire.

The remains of 77 people have been found, the Butte County Sheriff's Office reported Sunday, reducing the number of missing people to 1,276, from 1,276 to 993. This gave no further details.

Camp blaze erupted in northern California on November 8 and last week Paradise, a mountain town with nearly 27,000 residents and nearly destroyed Paradise about 145 km north of the capital, Sacramento .

Officials said the site had consumed about 150,000 acres and 65 percent of the land had been planted late Sunday, compared to 60 percent earlier in the day, with the possibility of a heavy rainstorm Tuesday night suggesting that will increase as the week progresses.

They said that complete containment was not expected until November 30th.

Patrick Burke, a forecaster at the National Weather Service's Weather Forecast Center in Maryland, plans to receive up to 10 cm of rain north of San Francisco.

"This weather system is locked," he said.

The rain would also make it more difficult for medico-legal teams to sift the ashes and dirt in search of the bones of the dead. "The rain will easily disrupt the ground where remains could be found," Burke said.

Pathologists at the University of Nevada, Reno, worked all weekend as firefighters picked up debris, collected burned bone fragments and photographed anything that could help identify the victims.

The storm, which is expected to be suffering from moderate winds of 15 to 20 mph, could also cause problems for the evacuees, hundreds of whom are housed between dozens and cars.

We do not know how many people need shelter, but no less than 52,000 people have been ordered to evacuate

"Although this is not an unusually strong storm, recent burns make slippery mud on hills and slopes a real danger," Burke said.

South of Sacramento, near Malibu, at least two inches of rain should fall on a second light, the Woolsey. Known for killing three people, he was 88 percent on Sunday and full containment was scheduled for Thanksgiving Thursday.

The cause of the two fires is under study, but electric utilities have reported localized equipment problems at the time of their release.

PG & E Corp stated that its liability could be greater than that of its insurance if its equipment was at the origin of the campfire.