Now More Than 1,000 Unaccounted For In Northern California Fire

CHICO, CA - NOVEMBER 16: Tents are seen pitched in a field next to a Walmart parking lot where Camp Fire evacuees have been staying on November 16, 2018 in Chico, California. Fueled by high winds and low humidity the Camp Fire ripped through the town of Paradise charring over 140,000 acres, killed at least 63 people and has destroyed over 11,000 homes and businesses. The fire is currently at 45 percent containment and 631 people still remain missing. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

The Associated Press is reporting tonight more than one thousand people are now missing and unaccounted for in the Camp fire around Paradise, Ca. This is a huge increase from yesterday when 631 were reported missing.

The official death toll is now 71 but that number is likely to grow dramatically.

#CampFire. As usual, devastating new numbers:
-71 Dead
-1,011 Missing
Both numbers on a sharp incline. No relief in sight.#Paradise @NBCNews pic.twitter.com/Pm55Q45vuy

— Steve Patterson (@PattersonNBC) November 17, 2018

Here are some other numbers you need to know:

26,000 are homeless in Paradise.

9700 homes destroyed

2700 buildings destroyed

Search and rescue workers, including many volunteers, fanned out across fire-ravaged Paradise, Calif., in search of the remains of victims who perished in the Camp Fire; the number of people missing has soared to over 600 https://t.co/NZ7PQZNK8A pic.twitter.com/tWpTupLo9l

— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) November 16, 2018

And countless families clinging to hope that their loved ones will be found.

My dad’s aunt and her boyfriend are still missing from the #CampFire. If you have any information on Beverly Craig Powers and Robert Duvall please let me know! Their families are very worried. They evacuated from Sunny Acres Rd in Paradise, Ca.#ParadiseFire #Missing pic.twitter.com/2WOl9RbOAo

— Sammantha, needs a break. (@thatbookishgamr) November 13, 2018