(CNN) After two and a half weeks of historic destruction, the Camp Fire in Northern California is 100% contained, but the search for remains threatens to push the death toll over 88, where it stood late Monday.

It's already the state's deadliest fire.

The Butte County Coroner's office reported what they believed to be the remains of two people, but Coroner Kory Honea said Monday night the office determined it was actually the remains of three people.

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Since it began November 8, the fire has destroyed almost 14,000 homes, 514 businesses and 4,265 other buildings. It has covered more than 153,000 acres, roughly the size of Chicago.

Cal Fire, the state's forestry and fire protection agency, announced the blaze was completely contained early Sunday. That does not mean the fire is out. It indicates that a fire line has been cut around the entirety of the remaining blaze, preventing it from reaching trees and other fuel.

Read More</s>Teams searching for remains from the deadliest wildfire in California history were able to comb through wreckage in dry weather Saturday, but rains are expected to return next week and officials warned of a threat of mudslides.

The Camp Fire all but obliterated the mountain community of Paradise, 175 miles (280 km) northeast of San Francisco, on Nov. 8, killing at least 85 people and destroying nearly 14,000 homes. The death toll was increased late Saturday night by one, according to the Butte County Sheriff’s Office.

Some 475 people from Paradise and surrounding communities remain unaccounted for, according to the Butte County Sheriff’s Office.

Hundreds of police officers and volunteers have searched in and around Paradise since the fire swept through the area.

The 2 to 3 inches (5 to 8 cm) of rain that fell there during the last few days turned ash from the thousands of destroyed homes into slurry, complicating the work of finding bodies reduced to bone fragments.

Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea has warned that remains of some victims may never be found.

A total of 2 to 3 inches (5 to 8 cm) of rain is forecast for areas burned by the Camp Fire from Wednesday through Saturday, said meteorologist David Roth of the federal Weather Prediction Center.

Rainfall earlier this week did not trigger any large debris flows, but Roth said the danger of a mudslide will remain far into the future for hillsides that flames have stripped of vegetation.

“Any heavy rain event really for the next few to several years would be a problem there,” he said.

Authorities said they would lift evacuation orders in some areas south of Paradise Saturday.

The city of Paradise was a popular destination for retirees, with people ages 65 or older accounting for a quarter of its 27,000 residents. Most of the victims of the fire identified so far were of retirement age.

With help from rainfall, firefighters have contained 98 percent of the blaze, which torched 154,000 acres (62,000 hectares), an area five times the size of San Francisco, officials said.

Investigators have yet to determine the cause of the fire.

Thousands of people forced to flee Paradise spent Thanksgiving in warehouses in the nearby city of Chico, or with friends or relatives in nearby towns.</s>Camp Fire death toll climbs to at least 85

Camp Fire death toll climbs to at least 85

BUTTE COUNTY, Calif. (NBC) –There has been an update on the number of people killed in California’s Camp Fire.

According to state fire officials, the massive blaze has claimed at least 85 lives.

The news comes as the California Department of Forestry and Protection announces that the fire is finally 100% contained.

Meanwhile, crews continue to sift through muddy ash for human remains in and around the devastated town of Paradise.

The nation’s deadliest wildfire in a century burned more than 153,000 acres.

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(Reuters) - The deadliest wildfire in California history that destroyed the mountain town of Paradise and killed at least 85 people was 100 percent contained on Sunday, according to state fire officials.

The number of people still missing from the Camp Fire north of San Francisco dropped to 249 on Sunday, the Butte County Sheriff's Office said. The number was revised down from 475 as people who were believed missing were found in shelters, staying in hotels or with friends, officials said, adding that many did not know they were on the list.

The Camp Fire that started on Nov. 8 destroyed nearly 14,000 homes and burned nearly 154,000 acres (62,000 hectares) - an area five times the size of San Francisco.

Searchers will have a few more days of dry weather, but starting late Tuesday, another 2-5 inches (5 to 13 cm) of rain is expected to drop on the Sierra Nevada foothills through next Sunday, hampering the searchers work and renewing fears of flash floods and mudslides, forecasters said.

"The fear is that the rain will drop in intense bursts," Brian Hurley, a meteorologist with the federal Weather Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland, said early Sunday.

"All the vegetation has burned away, and that's a dangerous recipe for mudslides," Hurley said.

Last week, 2-3 inches (5-8 cm) of rain fell there and turned ash from the thousands of destroyed homes into slurry, complicating the work of finding bodies reduced to bone fragments.

Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea has warned that remains of some victims may never be found.

The town of Paradise was a popular destination for retirees, with people aged 65 or older accounting for a quarter of its 27,000 residents. Most of the victims of the fire identified so far were of retirement age.

Investigators have yet to determine the cause of the fire.

Thousands of people forced to flee Paradise spent Thanksgiving in warehouses in the nearby city of Chico, or with friends or relatives in nearby towns.</s>Cal Fire released two updates on the Camp Fire Saturday night.The good news is containment is now up to 98 percent, but with the increase in progress comes a tragic update.One more bodies were found in the wildfire aftermath, bringing the death toll to 85.Cal Fire initially reported Saturday that the death toll was at 87, but later issued a correction that it is 85.You can see the full Camp Fire Incident ReportAt 153,336 acres, the Camp Fire is the most destructive in California history.It has burned down 13,954 residences, 514 commercial buildings, and 4,265 other buildings.The fire is also the deadliest in state history.</s>HERE is you chance to own a piece of upmarket luxury in Paradise.

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“It’s like the one small contribution we can make to make things normal for the community,” said Enterprise-Record Editor David Little. “You know, the paper still lives; it’s kind of a symbolic, important message to send to the community, that not everything’s lost.”

With their community burning around them, Little and his staff continue to cover the devastation wrought by the deadly blaze, which has claimed 84 lives and destroyed thousands of homes in the area. In addition to publishing a print edition, the journalists are also constantly updating the paper’s website.

Members of the Enterprise-Record staff were among those who lost their homes, Little told CNN’s Brian Stelter in an interview this week on “Reliable Sources.”

“We’ve had 10 people who work at the newspaper lose their homes,” he said, adding that other staffers were still under evacuations orders. “And of course everybody’s touched by friends and family members who have lost homes.”

Little also oversees the Enterprise-Record’s sister paper, the twice weekly Paradise Post. But the Camp Fire has almost completely wiped out the town of Paradise, and there aren’t many readers left there.

“Both the Paradise Post and the Enterprise-Record had a good number of subscribers in Paradise,” Little said, “and now we don’t have a town to deliver it to.”

So instead of going to readers’ homes, new editions of the Paradise Post are being brought to them at evacuation centers, Little said. And this week the paper was expected to be distributed with the Enterprise-Record and another sister paper, the Oroville Mercury Register.

“Because we know a lot of people aren’t staying at evacuation centers,” Little said. “They’re with friends and family and maybe that’s a way for them to get their Paradise Post newspaper.”

For safety reasons, many Paradise residents have not been allowed back into town to see the destruction for themselves.

“I don’t think they know how little is left until they come here,” Paradise Post Managing Editor Rick Silva told CNN. “It’s complete. It seems like a complete removal of the town, of what it once was.”

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“The printed newspaper has such staying power,” Little said, “so we all know that years from now, people will look back at these print editions as sort of a history book for what happened during the fire.”

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Know more about Kim Paradise by visiting https://www.kimparadise.com.sg.</s>The number of people still missing after a northern California wildfire obliterated the mountain town of Paradise, dropped to 249 on Sunday, the Butte County Sheriff's Office said.

The number was revised down from 475 after people who were believed missing were found in shelters, staying in hotels or with friends, officials said, adding that many did not know they were on the list.

The search for the dead is continuing Sunday in the ash and rubble of the so-called Camp Fire that started on November 8 and killed at least 85 people and destroyed nearly 14,000 homes, in and around Paradise, California, about 175 miles northeast of San Francisco.

The death toll was increased late Saturday night by one, according to the Butte County Sheriff's Office.

Searchers will have a few more days of dry weather. Starting late Tuesday, another 2-5 inches of rain is expected to drop on the Sierra Nevada foothills through next Sunday, hampering the searchers work and renewing fears of flash floods and mudslides, forecasters said.

'The fear is that the rain will drop in intense bursts,' Brian Hurley, a meteorologist with the federal Weather Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland, said on Sunday.

'All the vegetation has burned away, and that's a dangerous recipe for mudslides,' Hurley said.

Last week, 2-3 inches of rain fell there and turned ash from the thousands of destroyed homes into slurry, complicating the work of finding bodies reduced to bone fragments.

Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea has warned that remains of some victims may never be found.

The town of Paradise was a popular destination for retirees, with people aged 65 or older accounting for a quarter of its 27,000 residents. Most of the victims of the fire identified so far were of retirement age.

With help from the recent rain, firefighters have contained 98 percent of the blaze, which torched 154,000 acres - an area five times the size of San Francisco, officials said.

Investigators have yet to determine the cause of the fire.

Thousands of people forced to flee Paradise spent Thanksgiving in warehouses in the nearby city of Chico, or with friends or relatives in nearby towns.
Two more bodies are found in Paradise and one in nearby Magalia, raising the death toll to 85. Another 249 people are still missing.