The catastrophic Camp Fire isn't even halfway done burning, officials predict

  • Source: CNN
  • Published: 11/19/2018 12:00 AM

While hundreds of families wait in agony to learn the fate of missing loved ones, officials gave a gut-wrenching forecast on the fate of California's Camp Fire: It's not even halfway done burning yet. Since the Camp Fire erupted November 8 in Butte County, it has killed 77 people, destroyed more than 10,500 homes and torched an area the size of Chicago. Across California, at least 80 people have died in wildfires this month. But the Camp Fire probably won't be fully contained until November 30, according to Cal Fire, the state's forestry and fire protection agency. "It is overwhelming, I don't have any word to describe it," Butte County Sheriff and Coroner Kory Honea said. "This is unprecedented. No one has had to deal with this magnitude that caused so much destruction and regrettably so much death."



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