Recovery

'It was an urban conflagration,” Pangburn said. “It was structure-to-structure-to-structure ignition that carried the fire through this community.'

'We had absolutely no evacuation orders,” Bailey said. “No call, no emergency text, nothing — and neither did anyone I know.'

The data are far from perfect. Some people may be listed twice, or more. Others may be safe somewhere, unaware that someone is looking for them.

The deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California history, the Camp Fire has destroyed more than 15,000 structures total, including more than 11,700 homes, according to the Monday morning incident report.

Since Thursday, fire-ravaged Northern California has had the dirtiest air in the world, topping notoriously smoggy cities in India and China, according to air quality monitoring network Purple Air. The Butte County Air Quality Management District reported “hazardous” air quality in Chico, Oroville and Sacramento.

At a Thursday night press conference, Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea announced the death toll had climbed to 63 and 631 people are now unaccounted for. By Friday, fire personnel had increased containment to 45 percent and reported that the blaze grew by only 1,000 acres overnight.

'Everyone has been dealing with evacuations, sheltering family and friends, and yet they’re down here working hard all the time. That’s why people are doing this, because they know people depend on it.'

Community Organizations Active in Disaster is helping the southwest Georgia area recovery from Hurricane Michael.

At least 56 people were killed — most of them in their homes, some trying to flee in their cars and others outside, desperately seeking shelter from the flames. More than 10,000 structures were lost in what is by far the worst wildfire in California history.

'If it was PG&E or whomever, I’m going to sue whoever was taking their stupid a-- bonuses instead of taking care of what they were supposed to take care of,' she said.

By the end of Tuesday, investigators had located six bodies throughout Paradise, bringing the Camp Fire death total to 48, the highest number of wildfire fatalities in California history.

The California Public Utilities Commission launched investigations Monday into California’s two largest utility companies after both PG&E and Southern California Edison Company reported that their electrical infrastructure suffered malfunctions near ground zero of two deadly blazes raging across the north and south of the state.

Similar to California, Washington and the rest of the Pacific Northwest have been dealing with an increasingly extended and costly fire season — spurred by rising temperatures due to climate change.

To date 42 people on the ridge are confirmed dead, and more than half the dwellings of Paradise are gone. Still burning and uncontrolled, whipped by winds, the fire that began five days ago on Camp Road is the worst wildfire disaster in California history.

The death toll, which increased by six on Sunday, equals the death toll from the 1933 Griffith Fire in Los Angeles as the worst mass-casualty wildland fire ever in the state. The Oakland hills Tunnel Fire in 1991 caused 25 deaths.