Death toll in McKinney Fire, California's largest, rises to 4
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At least four people have died and more than 100 homes, sheds and other buildings have burned in California's McKinney Fire since it erupted last Friday, officials said. Rain on Sunday and Monday helped firefighters as they worked to control the spread of the fire, but the blaze remained out of control, authorities said.
On Monday, search teams found two bodies at two separate homes along Route 96, within the fire's perimeter, bringing the death toll to four, authorities said.
Earlier Sunday, two bodies were found inside a charred vehicle in the driveway of a home west of Yreka near the tiny unincorporated community of Klamath River, which sustained major damage, the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. Other details were not immediately disclosed.
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