BUTTE COUNTY, Calif. — A sheriff’s spokeswoman has confirmed a sixth death in the Butte County wildfire that has forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate. Butte County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Megan McMann said Friday she did not have details on the circumstances of the death. Sheriff’s officials said earlier that five people were found dead in vehicles that were torched by flames in the same area in the town of Paradise. They said the five could not immediately be identified because of the burns they suffered. “Due to the burn injuries, identification could not immediately be made,” the Sheriff’s Office said in a press release. Here is the full report: The Camp Fire has grown to 70,000 acres and is only five percent contained. Thousands have evacuated from the massive blaze that has destroyed a couple of thousand structures. “We were surrounded by fire, we were driving through fire on each side of the road,” said police officer Mark Bass, who lives in the hard-hit town of Paradise and works in neighboring Chico. He evacuated his family and then returned to the fire to help rescue several disabled residents, including a man trying to carry his bedridden wife to safety. “It was just a wall of fire on each side of us, and we could hardly see the road in front of us.” PHOTOS: Camp Fire burns through Butte County Harrowing tales of escape and heroic rescues emerged from Paradise, where the entire community of 27,000 was ordered… [Read full story]
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