Body found in fire-charred southern California
Pastor Dale Morgan
Body found in fire-charred southern California*
LOS ANGELES, Nov 5 (AFP) Nov 05, 2007
The recent wildfires that devastated southern California are believed to
have claimed an eighth fatality, following the discovery of a body near
the US-Mexico border, it was reported Monday.
The San Diego Union Tribune reported that searchers found the body of a
37-year-old father-of-three near the border town of Tecate and believed
he had died in the Harris fire, which charred 90,000 acres and left five
people dead.
The dead man's brother told the newspaper that he had been amongst a
group of Mexican nationals crossing the border during the fire when he
had been caught in the flames.
San Diego County Medical Examiners would inspect the remains later
Monday, the newspaper reported. If confirmed as a fire death, the man
would be the eighth person to have died in the disaster.
The fires were among the worst in California's history, destroying some
2,000 homes, forcing 640,000 evacuations and leaving a trail of
destruction estimated at more than one billion dollars.