The statewide death toll from the wildfires ravaging California hit 74 on Saturday, after three deaths were reported in southern California’s Woolsey Fire.
The Camp Fire, a second fire in northern California, is the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in the state’s history. Since Nov. 8, when the fire first started, it has claimed 71 lives, destroyed around 9,800 homes, and has spanned and scorched 146,000 acres of land.
The number of people unaccounted for in the region Camp Fire is blazing reached 1,011 names.
Butte County Sheriff and Coroner Kory Honea said Friday that authorities are following up to find out if families have heard from their missing relatives, according to CNN.
Honea said it was hard to determine the true number of missing individuals since many evacuated and cannot be reached because of unreliable cellphone service, and some don’t even know they are being looked for and considered missing.
President Trump headed to California to tour the areas devastated by the wildfires. The president will meet with firefighters, Gov. Jerry Brown, and governor-elect Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom.
“It’s a shame. It seems that many more people are missing than anyone thought even possible. And I want to be with the firefighters and the FEMA and first responders. We’ll be spending a lot of time,” President Trump told reporters Saturday before departing for California.
