FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 16, 2018 file photo, search and rescue personnel search a home for human remains in the aftermath of the Camp Fire, in Paradise, Calif. Authorities say the fire is 95 percent contained Thursday, Nov. 22. Rain is hampering teams searching for remains of people in rubble left by the devastating fire that destroyed Paradise. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
CHICO, Calif. – Officials in California say rain has helped nearly extinguish the nation's deadliest wildfire in the past century.
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said Friday that the fire that's destroyed the town of Paradise is 95 percent contained.
The agency says the massive blaze killed at least 84 people and destroyed nearly 19,000 buildings, most of them homes.
Officials say the Camp Fire has destroyed more buildings than the worst eight fires in California's history combined, displacing thousands of people.
The Butte County Sheriff's Office says more than 800 people are searching the soaked rubble for human remains. It says 563 people are still unaccounted for.
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