California Authorities Identify 2 More Fire Victims Who Died In Zogg Fire
SAN FRANCISCO (AP/CBS13) — A woman and a child have been identified as two of four people killed in the Zogg Fire, officials said Thursday.
Alaina Michelle Rowe, 45, of Igo, was found dead along a road on Sept. 28, the Shasta County Sheriff's Office confirmed Thursday. Officials say a second victim was found the same day along the same road. That victim's identity was not released because they were a minor, officials said.
Rowe and her eight-year-old daughter tried to escape the fire but didn't make it out, KRCR-TV reported.
The Shasta County sheriff's previously released the names of two other victims: Karin King, 79, who was found on Sept. 28 on the road where the fire started, and Kenneth Vossen, 52, who suffered serious burns that day and later died in a hospital. Both were from the small town of Igo.
The Zogg Fire erupted in Shasta County during high winds and grew quickly. It later spread to neighboring Tehama County. It has burned 88 square miles and destroyed more than 200 buildings, about half of them homes. It was 90% contained.
More than 8,400 wildfires have scorched well over 4 million acres since the beginning of the year. There have been 31 fatalities and more than 9,200 structures have been destroyed.
READ: Scale Of California Wildfires Continues To Grow Past 4 Million Acres
Most of the loss has occurred since a mid-August blitz of lightning-ignited fires in northern and central sections of the state amid withering dry heat. Several large fires have burned in Southern California.
California weather turned cool Thursday as firefighters worked to increase containment of numerous wildfires, but a once-promising prospect of significant weekend rain in some areas was fizzling.
"The rain event is now turning into a non-event," the San Francisco Bay Area weather office wrote.
Instead, the most likely precipitation is expected to be drizzle or light showers, followed by dry and warming conditions starting early next week, with potential for winds.
More than 15,000 firefighters were on the lines of 22 major wildfires Thursday, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said.
