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600 listed as missing in Calif. fires

Death toll now at 63

In this Tuesday file photo, a sign stands at a community destroyed by the Camp fire in Paradise, Calif. Most homes are gone, as are hundreds of shops and other buildings. - photo by Associated Press

In this Tuesday file photo, a sign stands at a community destroyed by the Camp fire in Paradise, Calif. Most homes are gone, as are hundreds of shops and other buildings. - photo by Associated Press

CHICO, Calif. — The potential magnitude of the wildfire disaster in Northern California escalated as officials raised the death toll to 63 and released a missing-persons list with 631 names on it more than a week after the flames swept through.

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