As firefighters make progress containing one of the largest wildfires burning in Northern California, the death toll and number of missing continues to climb. Thursday, authorities announced four more fatalities, two in Mendocino County and two in Sonoma County, bringing the overall death toll related to the wildfires burning in Northern California to 26.
Sonoma County Sheriff Rob Giordano said the number of people killed in his jurisdiction climbed to 14 as of Thursday morning. Giordano said 463 people remain missing in Sonoma County, and search-and-rescue teams are now using cadaver dogs for targeted searches of missing persons.