A home burns during the Camp Fire in Paradise, California on Nov. 08, 2018. (Xinhua/AFP)
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- At least five people were killed when raging wildfire engulfed their vehicles in Butte County, the U.S. state of California, authorities said on Friday.
Investigators with the Butte County Sheriff's Office located the five fatalities in the area of Edgewood Lane in the town of Paradise, said a release of the Sheriff's Office.
"The preliminary investigation revealed that the victims were located in vehicles that were overcome by the Camp Fire," said the release, adding that identification could not be immediately made due to burn injuries.
The Butte County Coroner's Office has formed an interagency team to investigate and identify additional fatalities, according to the release.
Only a day after it began, the wildfire near the town of Paradise had grown to nearly 110 square miles (285 square km).