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