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California battles deadly wildfires in north and south
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As wildfires raged at both ends of California, more than 8,000 fire crews battled wildfires that have scorched 400 square miles statewide.
Members of the California Army National Guard search a property for human remains at the Camp Fire in Paradise, Northern California, on Nov. 14, 2018.
Belated warnings from public officials and the reluctance of residents who had survived previous fires to leave home were among the factors that contributed to the delayed and chaotic evacuation in what has become the deadliest wildfire in California history, survivors said.
Forensic investigators search a community swimming pool for victims of the Camp Fire in Paradise on Nov. 13.
Most of the attention following the wildfire has focused on the search for dozens of people still missing and the possibility that power equipment belonging to the electric utility PG&E may have sparked the fire. But a few residents have begun to ask why notice did not get out to more people about the fire.
