'Only bones and fragments': California wildfire toll at 25 as grim searches go on

Rescuers begin the task of scouring the wreckage of the most destructive fire in state records, in search of remains of the dead

In northern California, sheriff’s investigators have begun the agonizing task of scouring the wreckage of the most destructive fire in state records, in search of remains of the dead. By Saturday, the death toll in and around the destroyed town of Paradise had reached 23, but it seemed likely to climb.

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