Death Toll Rises to 23 in California Wildfire After 14 Bodies Found

A Smokey Bear sign is seen along PCH as smoke from the Woosley Fire is seen as it approaches Malibu, California, U.S. November 9, 2018. Gene Blevins/Reuters

PARADISE, Calif.—The charred remains of 14 more people have been found in and around a Northern California town overrun by flames from a massive wildfire, officials said Nov. 10, raising the death toll to at least 23.

The bodies were recovered in and around Paradise, a mountain community some 90 miles north of Sacramento that has been left devastated by the Camp Fire, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection spokesman Scott Maclean said.