Camp Fire is deadliest wildfire in California history
The death toll in Northern California's Camp Fire has reached historic levels.
The fire has killed at least 42 people, the most in a single blaze in state history. More than 200 are still missing. Fire officials say it is 30 percent contained.
Sol Bechtold drove from shelter to shelter looking for his mother, Joanne Caddy, a 75-year-old widow whose house burned down along with the rest of her neighborhood in Magalia, just north of Paradise. She lived alone and did not drive.
As he drove through the smoke and haze to yet another shelter, he said, "I'm also under a dark emotional cloud. Your mother's somewhere and you don't know where she's at. You don't know if she's safe."
PHOTOS: Camp Fire burns through Butte County, California
The next deadliest California wildfire, which killed 29 people, was the Griffith Park Fire in Los Angeles County 85 years ago.
Here are the deadliest wildfires in California history:
1. CAMP FIRE - (Butte County), November 2018
Deaths: 42
Structures destroyed: 6,713
Acres burned: 117,000
NOTE: Figures accurate as of Nov. 13
2. GRIFFITH PARK - (Los Angeles County), October 1933
Deaths: 29
Structures destroyed: 0
Acres burned: 47
3. TUNNEL FIRE - Oakland Hills (Alameda County), October 1991
Deaths: 25
Structures destroyed: 2,900
Acres burned: 1,600
4. TUBBS (Napa and Sonoma counties), October 2017
Deaths: 22
Structures destroyed: 5,643
Acres burned: 36,807
5. CEDAR FIRE (San Diego County), October 2003
Deaths: 15
Structures destroyed: 2,820
Acres burned: 273,246
6. RATTLESNAKE (Glenn County), July 1953
Deaths: 15
Structures destroyed: 0
Acres burned: 1,340
7. LOOP (Los Angeles County), November 1966
Deaths: 12
Structures destroyed: 0
Acres burned: 2,028
8. HAUSER CREEK (San Diego County), October 1943
Deaths: 11
Structures destroyed: 0
Acres burned: 13.145
9. INAJA (San Diego County), November 1956
Deaths: 11
Structures destroyed: 0
Acres burned: 43,904
10. IRON ALPS COMPLEX (Trinity County), August 2008
Deaths: 10
Structures destroyed: 10
Acres burned: 105,855
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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