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Deadly California Wildfire
LAKE ISABELLA, Calif. (AP) — Crews made progress against a wildfire that killed two people and destroyed 200 homes as it tore through mountain communities in central California, leaving little time for residents to flee the fast-moving flames.
About 2,000 firefighters increased containment on the nearly 68-square-mile blaze to 40 percent, federal fire officials said Sunday evening. But the death toll could rise as cadaver dogs search for remains in neighborhoods occupied by many retirees on fixed incomes, officials warned.
"Most people here, this is all they had," said Daniel O'Brien, 53, who lost two rental mobile homes. "You have these moments where you just want to break down crying and fall apart."
Firefighters gain some control of deadly California wildfire
Firefighters have found a set of remains up the street from O'Brien's rental homes, but they were so badly burned that forensic investigators need to determine whether they belong to a person or animal, Kern County sheriff's spokesman Ray Pruitt said.
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