Camp Fire missing persons list now tops 1000, with 71 dead and more bodies being found
Donald Trump will visit California Saturday for the second time in his presidential tenure to meet first responders and bear witness to the deadliest wildfire in state history — a blaze that has claimed 71 lives, with more victims likely.
Eight more deceased were found Friday on hillsides scorched by the 10-day old Camp Fire, which still burns above Lake Oroville. Seven were found in Paradise and one in Magalia, officials said. All were found inside burned buildings.
More than 1,000 people remain listed as missing.
Should Trump’s visit take him into Paradise, he will have a ghastly view of miles of smoldering ruins, where 27,000 people once lived, but where no more than 20 percent of the town’s residences still stand, according to town mayor Jody Jones....
