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CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES
Camp Fire: Death toll climbs to 79, 699 missing; more evacuations lifted
Rain is on the horizon for Northern California, and while that should improve awful air quality conditions, officials are still scrambling to find 699 people listed as missing after the catastrophic Camp Fire.
As of Monday night, 79 people had been killed by the fire, 64 of whom Butte County officials have tentatively identified, thought almost all of their names have not been released. The latest number of fatalities increased by three from the previous day.
This week’s rainstorm is expected to help firefighters control the wildfire and improve air quality in the region, but officials are split on whether wet conditions will help or slow down the effort to find human remains in the ashes.
Officials lifted mandatory evacuation orders Monday and Tuesday for much of the burn area’s perimeter in Butte County, but Paradise, Concow and Magalia remain off limits.
The fire has now burned 151,373 acres, just 373 more acres than the last count announced Monday night, and sits at 70 percent containment, according to Cal Fire. At least 16,838 buildings, 12,637 of them homes, were lost in the blaze.
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Gwendolyn Wu is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email:gwendolyn.wu@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @gwendolynawu
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