After holding steady at 86 for many weeks, the Butte County Sheriff’s Office dropped the death toll of November’s Camp Fire down by one Thursday.
Remains thought to belong to two victims were identified as belonging to just one, resulting in a reduction in the number of dead, the sheriff’s office said in a news release.
The sheriff’s office has also listed three as still missing, months after California’s worst wildfire ravaged the town of Paradise.
One of these missing, John Demianew, was recently found by the Sacramento Police Department, who arrested him on an active warrant, according to the release.
Remains thought to belong to two victims were identified as belonging to just one, resulting in a reduction in the number of dead, the sheriff’s office said in a news release. Sacramento Police Department spokesman Sgt. Vance Chandler said Demianew was arrested Wednesday by Sacramento police officers on a warrant for storing his belongings on public property unlawfully.