The death toll in wildfires sweeping California has risen to 31, with more than 200 people still unaccounted for, officials have said.
Six more people were confirmed killed in the Camp Fire in the north of the state, taking the toll there to 29.
It now equals the deadliest wildfire on record in California – the 1933 Griffith Park disaster in Los Angeles.
In the south, the Woolsey Fire has claimed two lives as it damaged beach resorts including Malibu.
An estimated 250,000 people have been forced to flee their homes to avoid three major blazes in the state.
With strengthening winds threatening to spread the flames, state Governor Jerry Brown has urged President Donald Trump to declare a major disaster, a move that would harness more federal emergency funds.
The appeal came a day after Mr. Trump threatened to cut funding for California, blaming the fires on poor forest management.
Emergency teams have been sifting through the remains of more than 6,700 homes and businesses burned down in the town of Paradise.
The town and surrounding area bore the brunt of the inferno, which started in nearby forest on Thursday.
At a news conference late on Sunday, Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea said the bodies of five people had been found in their burned-out homes and a sixth was found inside a vehicle. He said that more than 200 people were still unaccounted for.
The mayor of Paradise, Jody Jones, gave the BBC an update on the situation in the town.
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“Most of the residential [area] is gone. I would say 90%,” she said. “I had an opportunity to go up there and take a look for myself. Just about everyone I know lost their home.”
Ali Bongo: Gabon leader ‘seriously ill but recovering’
Gabonese President Ali Bongo is seriously ill but on the mend, his spokesman says, ending weeks of official silence on his condition.
Speculation has mounted on the health of President Bongo, 59, with some reports saying he suffered a stroke.
He is being treated in Saudi Arabia, with the initial announcement last month saying he was suffering fatigue.
His spokesman Ike Ngouoni said Mr. Bongo was “recovering all of his physical abilities”.
No mention was made of a stroke but the president had suffered “bleeding which required medical care”, Mr. Ngouoni said.
Ali Bongo succeeded his father Omar Bongo as president in 2009, who governed the western African nation for more than 40 years.
He narrowly won re-election in 2016 in a poll marred by violence and accusations of fraud.
Earlier this month, with President Bongo away in the Saudi capital Riyadh, Gabon’s opposition leader Jean Ping again claimed victory in the poll.
On Friday a Gabonese newspaper was suspended for three months for saying the country was on “autopilot” and that the prime minister should be appointed interim leader.
