Wearing white coveralls, hard hats and masks, teams of volunteers and search and rescue crews in Paradise and surrounding communities are poking through the smoky debris for fragments of bone before rains can wash them away or turn loose, dry ash into a thick paste.īutte County Sheriff Kory Honea said it was within the "realm of possibility" that officials would never know the exact death toll from the blaze. The search for remains of victims of the Camp Fire has taken on new urgency as rain in the forecast could complicate those efforts while also bring relief to firefighters on the front lines. Rain could hinder search for Camp Fire victims Wildfires tear through Northern, Southern California 65 photos Masks can increase the work of breathing and might encourage people to do more outdoor activity, which can worsen exposure. There are potential downsides, LaPook reports. When properly fitted, only the right kind of masks, called N95 or P100, can provide some protection. Wildfire smoke contains a mixture of thousands of compounds: Chemicals, gases and tiny particles that can be inhaled into the deepest parts of the lung, CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. I would put progress over perfection." Masks in high demand as wildfire affects air quality "My view on this has been that I would prefer to get the information out and start working to find who is unaccounted for and who is not. It will go down because this is in a state of flux," Honea said Monday. He has called it "raw data" compiled from phone calls, emails and other reports. Others are confirmed dead, and their names simply haven't been taken off yet.īutte County Sheriff Kory Honea has said he released the rough and incomplete list in hopes that people would contact authorities to say they are OK. In some cases, names are listed twice or more times under different spellings. More than a dozen people are marked as "unknowns," without first or last names, CBS Sacramento reports. As of Monday night, the fire had burned 151,272 acres and was 70 percent contained.Īccording to CBS Sacramento, there are still 699 people on the list of people unaccounted for. The death toll increased to 79 in the Camp Fire, Cal Fire said Monday night. "I thought it was the perfect example of what Sierra Nevada is like as a company." "All of us in some way shape or form know someone that's been affected by this," Tang said. Proceeds from sales of "Resilience Butte County Proud IPA" will be given to Camp Fire victims relief funds Sierra Nevada Brewing Company put out the call Friday for breweries to help make a special beer called "Resilience Butte County Proud IPA."įieldwork Brewing Company is one of a handful of breweries in the Sacramento region that will step up and participate in "Brew Day" on November 27. "We really want to help out as quickly and as swiftly as possible for the people up there." "We're ready to go," said Terence Tang, General Manager at Fieldworks Brewing Company. They're making a new IPA and will give sales proceeds to those in need. Several companies around the country are brewing up some help for survivors of Northern California's devastating Camp Fire, reports CBS Sacramento. Wildfires tear through Northern, Southern California 65 photos Breweries to pitch in to aid victims 1,500 structures destroyed, 341 damaged.Location: Los Angeles County, Ventura County.15,573 structures destroyed (11,713 residences, 472 commercial and 3,388 other buildings).Forecaster Eric Kurth said Monday storms expected to soak the scorched Paradise area into Thanksgiving weekend could dump at least 4 inches of rain. The rain could wash away the remains and turn dusty debris from the fire into mud.
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