DNA Specialists Hired To Help Identify Dead From California Wildfire

  • 6 years ago
According to Reuters, DNA specialists have been called in to quickly identify human remains in a northern California town destroyed by a wildfire.
At least 56 people have died due to the Camp Fire, which has scorched 140,000 acres north of Sacramento.
The town of Paradise was largely destroyed, especially the town center which burned to the ground.
Authorities in California estimate that 10,000 structures have also been destroyed by the fire, which sparked on Nov. 8th.