The Brief
- As of Sunday, 5 deaths have been confirmed from the Palisades Fire and 11 from the Eaton Fire.
- Sheriff Luna expects the death toll to rise as searches continue.
LOS ANGELES – The combined death toll from the California wildfires stands at 16, as of Sunday morning.
During a press conference Sunday, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said three additional victims were found Saturday in the rubble of the Eaton Fire in Pasadena, bringing the death toll from that blaze to 11.
“Yesterday we started a search and rescue operation out in the Eaton area, where in the first day of this operation, grid searching, we searched approximately 364 properties in the Altadena area, and unfortunately during that search we did locate three deceased,” Luna said. “As these searches continue, I unfortunately anticipate that those numbers will increase. We will start a similar operation in the northern side of the county here very soon.”…