In California, after the fire can not find 25 people

Authorities reported that according to the latest information, the number of people missing as a result of the most deadly fire in California has decreased to 25.

Butte County Sheriff reported that Camp Fire is still an 88 man, writes Voice of America. The fire killed almost three times more people than Griffith Park Fire, which held the championship for 85 years.

The fire completely destroyed the city of Paradise, where about 27 thousands of people lived, located about 280 kilometers north of San Francisco. According to Cal Fire, 12 637 houses, 483 enterprises and 3718 sheds and other buildings were burned down during a fire. A total of 17 148 buildings - more than three times the losses from Tubbs Fire last fall in Napa and Sonoma.

Camp fire began to spread rapidly around noon on November 8, burning 10 0000 acres in 90 minutes — more than a football field every second. He incinerated over 70 000 acres per day.

On Friday, authorities spoke of 49 missing people, while two weeks ago they were talking about 1200 people. Read about why the discrepancies in the numbers are so significant in our material - Fires in California: why so many people have disappeared and is it possible to avoid a repetition of the tragedy.

The orders to evacuate residents of some communities in the Magalia region north of Paradise were canceled. However, entry into the Paradise itself is still banned, according to the sheriff's department.

Some residents, whose houses were burnt down by the Camp fire, found out about the imminent danger from neighbors knocking on the door from calling friends on a cell phone. Others simply looked through the windows of their homes and saw smoke and flames or heard the cry of the neighbors' children, whose parents, gathering animals, tried to escape from danger. The authorities almost did not notify residents about the approaching deadly firesurvivors reported.

The cause of the fire is still being identified, but suspicion fell on the utility company PG&E, which admitted that it had problems with equipment in the area of ​​the fire at about the same time it started.

In late November, heavy rains fell on California, which had recently suffered from destructive forest fires. This led to sudden floods and the evacuation of thousands of people, while areas destroyed by fire were under water.

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