California wildfire: Two children among five dead and 17 missing as disaster intensifies

California wildfire: Two children among five dead and 17 missing as disaster intensifies https://ift.tt/2NUGthX July 28, 2018 at 06:30PM Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/1UaOSLt

Two children, their great-grandmother and two firefighters have died in a wildfire in northern California, say officials. Reports said Emily Roberts, five, James Roberts, four and Melody Bledsoe, 70, died in the fire along with two officials trying to tackle the blaze. Residents of Redding, a city of 92,000 about 100 miles south of the Oregon border, described a chaotic and congested getaway as the fire spread.

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