California wildfires: Number of missing leaps to 600

Some Californians fled by lorry, while others had no choice but leap into a frigid mountain lake. /AGENCIES
Some Californians fled by lorry, while others had no choice but leap into a frigid mountain lake. /AGENCIES

The number of people missing in northern California's devastating wildfire has leapt to more than 600, and seven more bodies have been found, according to local authorities.

The missing persons' list has doubled since earlier on Thursday.

Camp Fire, the state's deadliest and most destructive blaze, has killed at least 63 people.

Three more have died in the Woolsey Fire, further south.

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