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Search teams have found two more bodies in an area scorched by a forest fire raging for a fifth day in northern California near the Oregon border, bringing to four the number of lives lost in the state’s biggest blaze this year, officials said on Tuesday.

Numerous homes have been destroyed and nearly 5 000 dwellings were listed as threatened by flames, but authorities have yet to quantify the extent of property losses.Numerous homes have been destroyed and nearly 5 000 dwellings were listed as threatened by flames, but authorities have yet to quantify the extent of property losses.

The remains of two other people, who were apparently trying to escape the fire at the last minute, were discovered on Sunday inside a burned-out car that ran off the driveway of another home along the same highway, sheriff’s officials said on Monday. As of Tuesday, the so-called McKinney fire had charred more than 22 662 hectares of drought-stressed timber, tall grass and brush.Numerous homes have been destroyed and nearly 5 000 dwellings were listed as threatened by flames, but authorities have yet to quantify the extent of property losses.

High humidity levels helped tamp down the flames while crews made progress carving buffer lines to protect communities on the edge of the fire zone, Dennis Burns, a fire behavior analyst for the incident management team, told a morning briefing.

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