Death toll rises to 31 in California wildfires, hundreds missing
By REUTERS
SONOMA, California - Firefighters gained ground on Thursday against wildfires that have killed at least 31 people in Northern California and left hundreds missing in the chaos of mass evacuations in the heart of the state's wine country.The death toll, revised upward by eight on Thursday, marked the greatest loss of life from a single California wildfire event in recorded state history, two more than the 29 people killed by the Griffith Park fire of 1933 in Los Angeles.With 3,500 homes and businesses incinerated, the so-called North Bay fires also rank among the most destructive.
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