MIDDLETOWN, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say two more bodies have been found in homes burned by a California wildfire, bringing the death toll from the blazes in the northern part of the state to five.
The Lake County Sheriff's office says official identifications have yet to be made, but they are presumed to be the bodies of Bruce Beven Burns and former San Jose Mercury News police reporter, Leonard Neft.
Neft last spoke with his family Saturday evening.
Authorities earlier found his burned-out car on the route he would have used to escape.
Authorities on Sunday found the body of 72-year-old Barbara McWilliams in her burned-out home near Middletown.
About 170 miles southeast, in the Sierra Nevada foothills, Calaveras County coroner Kevin Raggio said two bodies were found inside burned-out homes. One of the victims was identified as 65-year-old Mark McCloud.
