Updated at 4:05 p.m. ET
The number of people who are unaccounted for in the wake of the Camp Fire in Northern California has grown to some 300 names, the Butte County Sheriff’s Office says. As more people were reported missing, firefighters battle that and several other large blazes. And residents are still tallying devastating losses from the fires.
The missing-persons list has fluctuated in Butte County in part because of the confusion of a mass evacuation, the county coroner’s office tells NPR. On Wednesday, the list had totaled 130 people. But the number has more than doubled, as friends and loved ones who had waited to report someone missing have now contacted authorities, the office says.
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