More than 98,000 acres have been burned since the blaze began the same day as Camp Fire on November 8.
The
destructive California
wildfires have so far killed at least 74 people with over 1,000
reported missing, authorities said.
Butte
County Sheriff and Coroner Kory Honea said on Friday evening that the
number of people missing due to Northern California's Camp Fire,
deemed as the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in the state's
history, was 1,011, CNN reported.
Of
the 74 victims, 71 were killed in Northern
California while the three others died in the Woolsey Fire in
Southern California.
As
of Friday, the Camp Fire has destroyed about 9,700 homes and scorched
146,000 acres.
President
Donald Trump is expected to visit the region on Saturday. Governor
Jerry Brown and Governor-elect Gavin Newsom plan to accompany him.
Meanwhile,
the Woolsey Fire in Southern California has destroyed 548 structures
in Los Angeles and Ventura counties, said Cal Fire, the state's
forestry and fire protection agency.
More
than 98,000 acres have been burned since the blaze began the same day
as Camp Fire on November 8, while over 3,300 firefighters were making
progress against the massive wildfire, which was 67 per cent
contained as of Friday.
More
than 230,000 acres burned in California in the past week -- larger
than the cities of Chicago and Boston combined.
In
30 days, firefighters have battled more than 500 blazes, Cal Fire
said.
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