California fire: Search continues as death toll rises to 23
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PARADISE, California --- Authorities called in a mobile DNA lab and anthropologists to help identify the dead as the search went on for victims of the most destructive wildfire in California history. The death toll stood at 23 Sunday and appeared likely to clCalifornia fire: Search continues as death toll rises to 23
PARADISE, California --- Authorities called in a mobile DNA lab and anthropologists to help identify the dead as the search went on for victims of the most destructive wildfire in California history. The death toll stood at 23 Sunday and appeared likely to climb. With the town of Paradise, population 27,000, reduced to a smoking ruin and the fire still raging in surrounding communities, Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea said the Northern California county was bringing in a fifth search and recovery team. READ:Deadly fire leveled a California town in less than a day An anthropology team from California State University at Chico was also assisting, because in some cases "the only re...Keep on reading: California fire: Search continues as death toll rises to 23 Read more