California reports multiple fatalities from ongoing wildfire

TRT World says At least four people are now known to have died in a wildfire sweeping through California, authorities said, as they warned the toll from the western US state’s worst blaze this year could rise further.

“We have four fatalities confirmed, and that number could change,” Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson Courtney Kreider told the AFP news agency on Tuesday.

Two of the dead were found in a car on Sunday, apparently caught in the flames as they tried to flee.

There were no details about the other deaths.

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