California Wildfire: Death toll reaches 63, 631 still missing
The California wildfire was a recent disaster whose effects and implications are still ravaging the area. The death toll has risen to 63. The statewide count is now 66. In addition to that, more than 600 people have been reported to be missing, according to the Butte County sheriff’s office.
Despite the grim news, a ray of hope still shines. The cooler weather has helped fire crews gain considerable ground against the nation’s deadliest wildfire in a century. Suzanne Kaksonen, who fled the flames with her two birds, said she’s been told she may have to wait six months before she can go back to Paradise, which was all but destroyed a week ago. “I don’t even care if there’s no home,” she said at a shelter set up next to a Walmart parking lot in Chico. “I just want to go back to my dirt, you know, and put a trailer up and clean it up and get going.”
At the other end of the state, crews have made progress with the Woolsey Fire as well. This fire destroyed 500 structures in Malibu and other communities.
A total of 11,862 structures have been destroyed the California Wildfire, including homes. President Trump will travel to California to meet with the victims of the wildfire. U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said that fighting massive wildfires was “not a Republican or Democrat issue” days after President Trump had threatened to withhold federal aid for California and blaming the fires on “poor” forest management. Zinke called the Camp Fire the worst fire that he had ever seen.
Whatever be the cause of the California Wildfire, the sufferers are the common people who perhaps had no fault in the matter. It would be against human values to not provide them with suitable aids.
