Death toll from Northern California wildfire increases to 10

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At least 10 people have died and 16 are missing as a Northern California wildfire continues to wreak havoc. Fires are continuing to rage across parts of the US West Coast with more than half a million people evacuated from their homes in Oregon, over 10% of the state’s 4.2 million population. Hot and dry winds are fanning the flames which are feeding on drought-sapped vegetation, with California, Oregon and Washington worst affected. In California, Butte County sheriff’s deputies and detectives found seven bodies on Thursday, a day after three other victims were discovered. A couple, who declined to give their names, embrace while touring in an area devastated by fire in Oregon (John...

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