SAN FRANCISCO, 11 October (BelTA - Xinhua) - The death toll has risen to 15 in north California wildfires as more casualties were confirmed Tuesday in several counties near San Francisco in western California in west United States.
Sonama County sheriff's office said a total of nine deaths were reported after two more fatalities were confirmed in the county, about 90 kilometers north of San Francisco.
The death toll also includes two in Napa County, three in Mendocino County and one in Yuba County.
Over 200 people had been reported missing in Sonoma County, but 45 of those people have been found, officials said.
The local KRON4 TV station showed thousands of structures, including business facilities, hospitals and homes, were burned to the ground in flames.
More than 3,000 people remain in shelters as 17 wildfires have burned through 115,000 acres (465 squre milomiters) of land across California.
Wildfires statewide have left at least 2,000 structures destroyed, officials from California Office of Emergency Services said at a press conference.
