Scientists have said climate change has made the West warmer and drier over the last three decades and will continue to make weather more extreme and wildfires more frequent and destructive.
YREKA, Siskiyou County — Two more bodies were found within the burn zone of a huge Northern California wildfire, raising the death toll to four in the state’s largest blaze of the year, authorities said Tuesday.
Two bodies were also found found Sunday inside a charred vehicle in the driveway of a home near the tiny unincorporated community of Klamath River, which sustained major damage in the McKinney Fire, sheriff's officials said. The Northern California wildfire has burned nearly nearly 88 square miles, and is the largest of several wildfires burning in the Klamath National Forest. A smaller fire near the tiny community of Happy Camp forced evacuations and road closures as it burned out of control Tuesday.
But lightning over the weekend also sparked several smaller fires near the McKinney Fire. And despite the much-needed moisture, forests and fields in the region remained bone-dry. Bamberg said she had just been hired at an Arby’s restaurant and wondered if it will survive the fire. Thom has lived in Yreka all his life but said it was the first time he had been threatened by a wildfire.
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Death toll in Northern California wildfire zone rises to 4Search teams discovered the additional bodies Monday at separate residences along State Route 96, the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
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Death toll in Northern California wildfire zone rises to 4“It’s really tragic when a fire gets up and moves this fast and basically takes out a community,” Mike Lindbery, a spokesperson with the incident management team, said Tuesday. 'And that’s what happened in the Klamath River area.'
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Authorities: 2 more bodies found within California fire zoneAuthorities say two more bodies have been found within the burn zone of a huge Northern California wildfire, raising the death toll to four in the state’s largest blaze of the year
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Death Toll in Northern California McKinney Fire Rises to FourTwo more deaths were reported Tuesday in a Northern California wildfire that burned more than 56,000 acres after starting Friday in Klamath National Forest.
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California reports multiple fatalities from ongoing wildfireAt least four people are now known to have died in a wildfire sweeping through California state, US officials say, as hundreds of firefighters battling the blaze take advantage of rainfall in the area
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