The Camp Fire’s death toll has increased to 88, while 203 remain missing, the Butte County Sheriff said during a Monday night news briefing.
The wildfire, the deadliest and most destructive in California’s history, was contained on Sunday after burning for 17 days. It ravaged 153,336 acres (240 square miles).
Of the 88 dead, 54 have been tentatively identified. Another 16 have been positively identified. Of those 16, 13 were residents of Paradise — the town nestled in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, charred to an eerie wasteland of burnt-out cars and home foundations.
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