MIDDLETOWN: A wildfire has inflicted hundreds of millions of dollars in damage in California. The death toll has reached to six.
Director of California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services Mark Ghilarducci said the Lake County fire destroyed 1,900 structures, including 1,238 homes, and left 3,000 people homeless. It has charred 118 square miles.
Lake County sheriff’s officials said they discovered the remains in the hard-hit Cobb area and believe they belong to Robert Taylor Fletcher, 66, who was last seen Sept. 16. His home was destroyed.
US President Obama has declared a major disaster for the areas affected by the Valley fire, the most destructive of those blazes, after firefighters got upper hand on the ablase.
The move will allow federal assistance for home repairs, temporary housing and other programs to help people affected by the fire, according to a statement from the White House.
