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California Fires: Trump Issues Major Disaster Declaration as Deadly Fires Plague State

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US President Donald Trump has issued a "major disaster declaration" in response to the deadliest wildfires to ever plague the state of California, express.co.uk reports.

Tweeting, Trump said: "I just approved an expedited request for a major disaster declaration for the State of California. Wanted to respond quickly in order to alleviate some of the incredible suffering going on. I am with you all the way. God Bless all of the victims and families affected."

The wildfires are the deadliest to ever strike the state of California, with the revised death toll at 42.

A total of six more people were confirmed dead in the Camp Fire in the north of the state, taking the toll there to 29.

That fire now equals the deadliest on record in California - the 1933 Griffith Park disaster in Los Angeles.

Hundreds of people are still unaccounted for as their increasingly desperate relatives scour land burnt to a cinder in the hope of finding their loved ones.


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