The Latest: Fire victims’ families urged to give DNA
Authorities are using a rapid DNA test that produces results in just two hours to help identify the scores of people killed by the
The company ANDE is donating the technology. Relatives of missing people can provide DNA samples via cheek swabs. But not enough people have been coming forward — only about 60 at last count.
Company spokeswoman
The death toll nearly two weeks after the inferno stands at 79, with about 700 people unaccounted for.
Victims of a destructive
Plaintiffs' attorneys say Tuesday that nearly 20 people are part of the class-action lawsuit filed last week in
Edison says a statement it can't comment on litigation related to wildfires.
The court filing accuses Edison of contributing to the fire's destruction by ignoring warnings of extreme fire weather. The lawsuit says the utility only shut power off once the fire started.
The cause of the so-called Woolsey Fire remains under investigation.
Attorneys are seeking compensation for plaintiffs' damaged property, lost wages and attorney fees.
The fire has destroyed at least 1,500 structures since erupting
A transmission line that utility
In a regulatory filing after the devastating
It said a subsequent aerial inspection showed damage to a tower on the line in the town of Pulga. Another transmission line in the nearby community of Concow also malfunctioned a short time later, possibly sparking a second fire.
A top Trump administration official is accusing "radical environmentalists" of blocking thinning and grazing in forests that he says could prevent wildfires.
Interior Secretary
He cites "lawsuit after lawsuit" by "the radical environmental groups that would rather burn down the entire forest than cut a single tree."
He appeared to make a nod at the changing climate that scientists say is contributing to hotter, bigger, deadlier and more frequent wildfires.
Many wildfire experts and
Much of the
Newly released video shows the dramatic moment firefighters rescued three people and two dogs as thick smoke and flames fast approached in
The
The crew was making a water drop when it was asked to rescue the group. The pilots headed that way despite dwindling fuel.
With smoke darkening the sky, they hunted for a landing spot among antenna towers, service buildings, cars and vegetation.
They finally found a tight spot and saved the people and their pets.
Fire officials say firefighters have gained ground against a
The California The
The gains come ahead of rain forecast for the region starting Wednesday that is expected to last through the
The
It says newly burned areas in and around Paradise are prone to downhill ash and debris flows.
Officials say they worry rain could complicate the efforts of the crews searching for human remains by washing away signs of the dead or turning the dusty debris into a thick paste.
With 79 people killed in the nation's deadliest wildfire in at least a century, there are still nearly 700 names on the list of those unaccounted for. While it's down from nearly 1,000 the day before, it is inexact, progress has been slow, and the many days of uncertainty are adding to the stress.
More than a dozen people are marked as "unknowns," without first or last names. In some cases, names are listed twice or more times under different spellings. Others are confirmed dead, and their names simply haven't been taken off yet.
Survivors and relatives of those caught in the fire in
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