Alwaght- The staggering death toll from California wildfire has risen to 59 on Wednesday as authorities tried to track down 130 people who are unaccounted for.
Most of the people on the partial list of the missing posted earlier Wednesday on the Butte County website are senior citizens.
The majority of the missing live in Paradise, which is a town of 27,000 residents, many of them retirees. About 461 people and 22 cadaver dogs are searching the town and other communities, Butte County Sheriff and Coroner Kory Honea said.
Fifty-six deaths have been reported from the "Camp Fire," mostly in Paradise, while three people have died in the "Woolsey Fire."
Honea said that of the 56 human remains found in his county, 47 had been identified.
While the cause of the "Camp Fire" is still under investigation, a lawsuit has been filed against the local power company, PG&E, by fire victims claiming negligence by the utility.
The complaint alleged that the fire began on November 8 when a high voltage transmission line failed, igniting a vegetation fire.
As thousands of firefighters fought the fires, incredible tales have emerged of courage and survival.
