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The death toll from Northern California's wildfires now stands at 15, officials say, with a total of nine confirmed fatalities in Sonoma County. The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office said on its Twitter page that the number of dead had increased from seven to nine. Three others are dead in Mendocino County, two more in Napa and one in Yuba, officials say. In Sonoma County, more than 200 people have been reported missing, and 45 of those have since been located, officials said.
The fires have burned 115,000 acres statewide and destroyed at least 2,000 homes and businesses, Cal Fire Ken Pimlott said Tuesday. More than 4,000 emergency workers have been deployed to help battle the fires, including a massive effort at McClellan Air Park, where a record 45 missions were flown Monday that dumped 266,000 acres of retardant on the blazes.
Vice President Mike Pence visited the state's emergency operations center at Mather Air Park Tuesday and announced that President Trump had approved the state's request for federal assistance in the counties of Butte, Lake, Mendocino, Napa, Nevada, Sonoma, and Yuba.
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(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 10 2017, @09:42PM (2 children)
Pence is a total douchebag.
Trump sent him to the game so that he could walk out when any player would "take a knee".
The stunt cost the taxpayers nearly a quarter of a million dollars.
what [a] useless, dunderheaded clown he is [deadspin.com]
What is it with this administration and ultra-expensive air travel?
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(Score: 3, Funny) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday October 10 2017, @09:49PM
So Pence is wasting taxpayer money, is a paid protester AND is protesting at a NFL game. That's the hypocrite trifecta!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 11 2017, @12:36AM
Pence and his grandstanding was mentioned in TFS.
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