ABOVE: US Army Sgt. Rodrigo Estrada of the California Army National Guard's 649th Engineer Company, 579th Engineer Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, from Chico, California, leads a team conducting search and debris clearing operations on November 17, 2018, in Paradise, California.
FLICKR, CALIFORNIA NATIONAL GUARD
The deadly wildfire that tore through more than 240 square miles of northern California this month and destroyed the town of Paradise overnight has abated, but the somber process of identifying those who perished is still ongoing.
For the past three weeks, around 10,000 individuals have been involved in the search for human remains in the hundreds of acres of devastation—among them firefighters, cadaver dogs, search and rescue teams, and anthropologists from nearby universities, according to Megan McMann, community relations coordinator at the Butte County Sheriff’s Office. So far, the death toll stands at 88, but nearly 200 people remain missing as of yesterday (November 28) ...
