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The news from California gets more and more horrible:

The death toll from the devastating Camp fire in Northern California rose to 63 Thursday, while the number of people reported missing jumped dramatically to 631, authorities said.

Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea told reporters that search crews recovered seven more bodies in the burn area: three in Magalia, three in Paradise and one in Concow.

The California Highway Patrol also said an officer found a body inside a charred car flipped on its side in Paradise, but it was not clear if that fatality was counted in the sheriff’s toll.

The number of people unaccounted for soared to 631 — up from 130 on Wednesday evening — after authorities combed through additional 911 calls and other reports generated at the peak of the chaotic evacuation. Honea said that number may include some people who are counted twice or others who may not know they were reported missing.

The staggering toll was announced as President Trump made plans to visit California to meet with people affected by the wildfires in what would mark his second trip as president to the nation’s most populous state.

The Camp fire is now by far the worst wildfire in California history. By Thursday evening, the blaze had chewed through 141,000 acres and 11,862 structures, destroying an entire town in a matter of hours. Officials said it could take weeks to complete the search for victims. Thousands of survivors are now without homes and living in shelters and tent cities.

Mandatory evacuation orders were lifted in some areas and reduced to warnings as fire crews on the front lines boosted containment to 40%.

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