The County of Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner said it received notification of 10 fire-related deaths as of Thursday evening – with all cases pending identification
The death toll of Los Angeles’ raging wildfires has now risen to 10, with entire neighbourhoods decimated and hundreds of thousands of terrified locals fleeing to safety.
10 fire-related death notifications were received by the County of Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner as of Thursday evening, but no names have been released by the medical examiner. All cases are now pending identification and legal next of kin notification, the department added.
Describing the horrifying scenes, one LA sherrif said the county looks as though “an atomic bomb dropped in these areas” and while he hopes the death toll doesn’t continue rising, he “doesn’t expect good news.” Sheriff Robert Luna said at a news conference on Thursday: “I’m nervous about that number.”
The sheriff added that he is praying the death toll doesn’t rise, “but based on the devastation that is clear” he said he “doesn’t expect good news.”
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