California wildfires: Officials start grim search for the dead

Scorched hillsides and damaged power lines are seen along the Pacific Coast Highway near Leo Carrillo State Beach in Malibu, California, on Saturday, November 10, after the Woosley Fire tore through the area overnight. The Ventura County Fire Department said the Woolsey Fire had burned around 35,000 acres and that evacuation orders were issued for roughly 88,000 homes in Ventura and Los Angeles Counties.

A woman runs as firefighters work to control a flareup due to flying embers from the Woolsey Fire on November 10 in Calabasas, California.

Yuba and Butte County sheriff deputies carry a body bag with a victim of the Camp Fire on November 10 in Paradise, California.

Araya Cipollini cries on November 10 near the remains of her family’s home in Paradise, California. The Camp Fire, the blaze that started Thursday outside the hilly town of Paradise, has grown and destroyed more than 6,700 buildings, almost all of them homes, making it California’s most destructive wildfire on record.

Los Angeles County firefighters fight flames approaching the Salvation Army camps in Malibu Creek State Park during the Woolsey Fire on November 10.

A fire truck is seen on Pacific Coast Highway on November 10 as the Woolsey Fire continues to burn in Malibu, California.

A satellite image shows burned vegetation as a result of the Woolsey Fire on November 10 in Southern California.

Firefighters hold a morning meeting as they continue to battle the Camp Fire, in Paradise, California. The fire was at 20% containment on November 10.

Roger Bloxberg and his wife, Anne, hug as they watch a wildfire on a hilltop Friday, November 9, near their home in the West Hills area of Los Angeles.

Malibu Mayor Rick Mullen, who is also a firefighter, surveys a house engulfed in flames in his city as the Woolsey Fire comes down a hill on November 9.

A massive smoke plume, powered by strong winds, rises above the Woolsey Fire in Malibu on November 9.

Cathy Fallon stands near the charred remains of her home in Paradise on November 9. The Camp Fire has wiped out much of the town north of Sacramento.

A firefighter sprays down palm trees as the Woolsey Fire burns in Malibu on November 9.

Llamas are tied to a lifeguard stand on the beach in Malibu on November 9.

A woman reacts to devastation of the Woolsey Fire in Malibu on November 9.

Firefighters Omar Velasquez, center, Cory Darrigo, left, and Sam Quan rest in the backyard of a home in Westlake Village on November 9 after fighting the Woolsey Fire all night.

Gabi and Jonah Frank walk on the Pacific Coast Highway as the Woolsey Fire threatens their Malibu home on November 9.

A satellite image taken by NASA’s Operational Land Imager shows the Camp Fire in Northern California.

A firefighter keeps watch as the Woolsey Fire burns a home near Malibou Lake on November 9.

The Woolsey Fire burns in Malibu on November 9. The community is known for celebrity beachside homes.

Cars destroyed by the Camp Fire sit in a used car lot in Paradise on November 9.

Fire Capt. Steve Millosovich carries a cage of cats that fell from an evacuee’s pickup while he battles the Camp Fire in Big Bend on November 9.

Evacuees rest on cots supplied by the Red Cross at a Los Angeles high school gym on November 9.

Firefighters battle flames in Thousand Oaks early November 9.

Firefighters push a vehicle from a garage as the Woolsey Fire burns a home in Malibu on November 9.

Patients are evacuated from Paradise’s Feather River Hospital as it burns on Thursday, November 8.

Juanita and Wayne McLish sit on a curb November 8 after losing their house to the Camp Fire in Paradise.

The Hill Fire burns in Thousand Oaks on November 8.

The Woolsey Fire burns in Ventura County, where Jason Bauer told CNN his parents had just been evacuated from their home.

People embrace in the parking lot of a Paradise hospital as the Camp Fire engulfed it on November 8.

The Paradise Inn burns on November 8.

A firefighter works to extinguish a spot fire at a home in Paradise.

Vehicles and homes burn as the Camp Fire rips through Paradise, California, on Thursday, November 8. A state of emergency has been declared in Butte County, where thousands have been forced to evacuate.

Dogs roam a burned-out neighborhood in Paradise.

Hospital staff and first responders evacuate patients from the Feather River Hospital in Paradise on November 8.

A fire emergency crew works to protect the Paradise Town Hall from the encroaching Camp Fire on November 8.

A home burns as the Camp Fire rages through Paradise.

A vintage car rests among debris in Paradise.

Medical personnel evacuate patients as the Feather River Hospital burns in Paradise on November 8.

Smoke fills the sky over Paradise on November 8. Paradise, located about 85 miles north of Sacramento, has 26,000 residents.

The remains of a building are seen after being consumed by the Camp Fire.

A firefighter monitors a burning home on November 8.

California Highway Patrol officers attempt to transfer a potbelly pig they rescued in Butte County on November 8.

A Paradise home is engulfed in flames on November 8.

A group of firefighters monitor a back fire while attempting to save homes in Paradise on November 8.

Flames burn inside a van as the Camp Fire tears through Paradise on November 8.