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7A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2018 Search intensifies in fire zone for victims By MARTHA MENDOZA and GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PARADISE, Calif. — Authorities moved to set up a rapid DNA-analysis system and bring in cadaver dogs, mobile morgues and more search teams in an intensified effort to find and identify victims of the deadliest wildfire in California history, an inferno that killed at least 42 people. Five days after flames all but obliterated the Northern California town of Paradise, popula- tion 27,000, officials were unsure of the exact number of missing. But the death toll was almost certain to rise. “I want to recover as many remains as we possibly can, as soon as we can. Because I know the toll it takes on loved ones,” Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea said Monday night as he announced the discovery of 13 more dead. More than a dozen coroner search-and-re- covery teams looked for bodies across the apoc- alyptic landscape that was once Paradise, while anxious relatives visited shelters and called police and hospitals in hopes of finding loved ones. Lisa Jordan drove 600 miles from Yakima, Washington, to search for her uncle, Nick Clark, and his wife, Anne, who lived in Paradise. Anne Clark has multiple sclerosis and cannot walk. Jordan said no one seemed to know whether AP Photo/Noah Berger Homes leveled by the Camp Fire line a development Monday in Paradise, Calif. they were able to get out or whether their house was still standing. “I’m staying hopeful,” she said. “Until the final word comes, you keep fighting against it.” Authorities said they were bringing in two mobile morgue units from the military, request- ing an additional 150 search-and-rescue person- nel, and seeking the setup of a rapid DNA sys- tem to speed the analysis of remains. Chaplains accompanied some coroner search teams that visited dozens of addresses belong- ing to people reported missing. No cars in the driveway was a considered a good sign, one car a little more ominous and multiple burned-out for all classes of ballistic missiles, should be declared by North Korea and inspected in any credible, verifiable deal that addresses Pyong- yang’s most significant threats to the United States and its allies. late Sunday, in which seven Palestinian mil- itants and a high-ranking Israeli officer were killed. International mediators have appealed for restraint, hoping to avert another war. vehicles more reason for worry. State officials said the cause of the inferno was under investigation. But a landowner near where the blaze began, Betsy Ann Cowley, said Pacific Gas & Electric Co. notified her the day before the fire that crews needed to come onto her property because the utility’s power lines were sparking. PG&E had no comment on the email. More than 5,000 firefighters battling the blaze made gains overnight, slowing the flames’ advance toward Oroville, a town of about 19,000 people. The fire, which has charred 195 square miles and destroyed more than 6,400 homes since it started Thursday, was reported 30 percent contained. At the other end of the state, in Southern California, firefighters continued making prog- ress against a blaze that killed two people in star-studded Malibu and destroyed more than 400 structures. Crews lit backfires and extended contain- ment lines overnight. They expected to have the more than 146-square-mile fire fully contained by Thursday. The 42 dead in Northern California sur- passed the deadliest single fire on record, a 1933 blaze in Griffith Park in Los Angeles. A series of wildfires in Northern California’s wine coun- try last fall killed 44 people and destroyed more than 5,000 homes. WORLD IN BRIEF Associated Press US analysts locate secret North Korean missile sites WASHINGTON — U.S. analysts said Mon- day they have located 13 secret North Korean missile development sites, underscoring the challenge that the Trump administration faces in trying to reach its promised broad arms con- trol agreement with Pyongyang. The administration has said it is hopeful about eventually reaching an agreement with North Korea. President Donald Trump declared after his historic summit in June that with Pres- ident Kim Jong Un there was “no longer a nuclear threat from North Korea.” But a report based on satellite imagery shows the complex- ity posed by an extensive network of weapons facilities that the U.S. wants to neutralize. A report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies has identified 13 secret facilities used to produce missiles and related technology. Although the sites are not launch facilities and in some cases are rudimentary, the authors of the report say they are hidden and illustrate the scope of the North’s weapons pro- gram and the country’s determination to conceal its military might. “The dispersed deployment of these bases and distinctive tactics employed by ballistic mis- sile units are combined with decades of exten- sive camouflage, concealment and deception practices to maximize the survival of its missile units from pre-emptive strikes and during war- time operations,” they said. The authors say the sites, which can be used Gaza militants accept cease-fire; No word from Israel JERUSALEM — Hamas and other Gaza militant groups said today they have accepted an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire after launch- ing hundreds of rockets into Israel over the past 24 hours and weathering a wave of punishing Israeli airstrikes. There was no immediate word from Israel on whether it had accepted a deal to halt the heavi- est exchange of fire with Gaza’s Hamas rulers since a 2014 war. Just an hour before the militants made their declaration, the Israeli Security Cabinet said it had ordered the military to “continue operations as needed,” following a six-hour meeting. The cease-fire was announced by a group of Gaza militant groups, including Hamas, whose leader Ismail Haniyeh earlier signaled a readi- ness to halt the latest round of fighting. He said the Islamic militant group would stop its rocket fire if Israel halts its airstrikes. The terms of the deal appeared to be mod- est. Daoud Shehab, a spokesman for the Islamic Jihad militant group, said each side would promise quiet in exchange for quiet. The fighting was triggered by a botched Israeli undercover raid into Hamas-ruled Gaza Court challenge to be filed over appointment of acting AG WASHINGTON — Maryland is challeng- ing the appointment of Matthew Whitaker as the new U.S. acting attorney general, arguing that President Donald Trump sidestepped the Consti- tution and the Justice Department’s own succes- sion plan by elevating Whitaker to the top job. A filing today sets up a court challenge between a state and the federal government over the legitimacy of the country’s chief law enforcement officer. It comes as Democrats call on Whitaker to recuse himself from oversee- ing the special counsel’s Russia investigation because of critical comments he has made on the probe and amid concerns over his views on the scope of judicial authority. Lawyers for the state say the job should have gone to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosen- stein instead of to Whitaker. They cite a statute governing the line of suc- cession at the Justice Department that says that in the case of a vacancy at the attorney general level, “the Deputy Attorney General may exer- cise all the duties of that office.” If neither is available for the job, according to that statute, then the associate attorney general is supposed to be elevated. Beyond that, the lawyers say, the Constitution requires the duties of the attorney general to be carried out only by someone with Senate confirmation. UK Cabinet to meet after Britain, EU reach draft Brexit deal LONDON — Negotiators from Britain and the European Union have struck a proposed divorce deal that will be presented to politicians on both sides for approval, officials in London and Brussels said today. After a year and a half of stalled talks, false starts and setbacks, negotiators agreed on pro- posals to resolve the main outstanding issue: the Irish border. British Prime Minister Theresa May’s office said the Cabinet would hold a special meeting Wednesday to consider the proposal. Its support isn’t guaranteed: May is under pressure from pro-Brexit ministers not to make further con- cessions to the EU. Ambassadors from the 27 other EU coun- tries are also due to hold a meeting in Brussels on Wednesday. May told the Cabinet earlier today that “a small number” of issues remain to be resolved in divorce negotiations with the European Union, while her deputy, David Lidington, said the two sides are “almost within touching dis- tance” of a Brexit deal. The main obstacle has long been how to ensure there are no customs posts or other checks along the border between the U.K.’s Northern Ireland and EU member Ireland after Brexit. CLASSIFIEDS 107 Public Notices Occasionally other companies make telemarketin! calls off classified ads. These companies are not affiliated with The Daily Astorian and customers are under no obli!ation to participate. 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