This is all that remains of two motorbikes that were parked up in Paradise before being stripped of their bodies in the flames
Pieces of crumbling wall and a chimney is all that remains of this house which was gutted in the Camp Fire
Another abandoned car sits at the end of a trail of melted metal that has seeped out from its engine bay
Firefighters say that the destruction in Paradise is so complete that identifying the remains of the dead will be difficult
What appear to be bed springs from a mattress sit in the foreground of this image from Paradise, while in the middle of the shot, the remains of a truck can be seen
People looking for friends or relatives called evacuation centers, hospitals, police, and the coroner’s office.
Officials and relatives held out hope that many of those unaccounted for were safe and simply had no cellphones or other ways to contact loved ones. The sheriff’s office in the stricken northern county set up a missing-persons call center to help connect people.
Gov Jerry Brown asked President Donald Trump to declare a major disaster to bolster the emergency response and help residents recover.
Trump has blamed ‘poor’ forest management for the fires. Brown told a press briefing that federal and state governments must do more forest management but said that’s not the source of the problem.
‘Managing all the forests everywhere we can do not stop climate change,’ Brown said. ‘And those who deny that are definitely contributing to the tragedies that we’re now witnessing, and will continue to witness in the coming years.’
Brown’s request for a major disaster declaration from Trump would make victims eligible for crisis counseling, housing and unemployment help, and legal aid.
Strong Santa Ana winds returned to Southern California on Sunday, causing flare-ups of a huge wildfire that has scorched a string of communities west of Los Angeles, but no additional structures were believed to have been lost, authorities said.
This photo shows the Woolsey Fire over the Malibu hills. It was taken by Adam Fanton who shared it on Instagram with the caption: ‘It’s so heartbreaking to watch this wildfire spread through our beautiful California towns
Butte County Sheriff Cory Honea announced that 228 people remain unaccounted for since the fire began Thursday and incinerated the foothill town
The 29 deaths matched the deadliest single fire on record, a 1933 blaze in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, through a series of wildfires in Northern California wine country last fall killed 44 people and destroyed more than 5,000 homes
In southern California, the Woolsey Fire has torched more than 83,000 acres and destroyed 175 buildings along the way
The remains of a house can be seen in Westlake Village, near Thousand Oaks, after the Woolsey Fire swept through Sunday