158 on the official list of people missing after Northern California’s catastrophic wildfire. Sheriff’s authorities have faced criticism over spotty communication with outside agencies aiding the relief effort but insist they are constantly cross-checking names of survivors. Someone from the sheriff’s office called him every day to check in but had no answers. In last year’s Northern California wine country wildfires, Sonoma County authorities at one point listed more than 2,000 people as missing but slowly whittled down the number. Only the day before, Sunday, the sheriff’s office called her to say officials still had no information on Wingett’s whereabouts but could confirm that his house burned down.

Source: National Post November 29, 2018 19:50 UTC