is dealing with a noro virus outbreak. some people have opted to have their own place. they are sleeping in their cars or tents set up there. it s not just adults. it s families as well. the temperatures overnight here are frigid. we re talking about low 40s. this is not comfortable. and a mom yesterday, they were sleeping in the car. they said, hey, it could be worse. we could be staying in a tent. i met a grandmother sleeping in a tent. she said you could not put enough blankets on. her grandson told us what he missed most about his house. take a listen. just being in a bed. reporter: you just miss your bed? it s warm. being under a ceiling and actually having a real bathroom. it s just hard.
obviously, they re getting a reprieve with the lack of windy conditions. and they re hoping to get this fire under control quickly. that number, though, you mentioned, is pretty staggering. it s gone up. more than doubled since yesterday. more than 600 now. the reason is because authorities believe that or authorities, excuse me, have been going back through 911 calls and police reports that were filed in the early hours. the early frantic hours of this that may have been set aside to make sure anyone reported missing at that time is added to the list. many of the folks on the list are probably safe and sound. it s just a matter of having them check in with authorities. the bigger concern for the well over 20,000 people who are out of their homes is finding a place to stay. of course, there are hotels, many of them are booked. it s almost impossible to get a room within an hour radius of here. there are also shelters. but many of them are jam packed and four are also dealing with the n
paradise, official say of those 63, they have tentatively i deed 53 of the dead. 9,700 homes have been destroyed and increased by thousands since yesterday. overall almost 12,000 structures have been wiped out. the numbers here are staggering. adding to the misery, a norovirus outbreak has spread to four evacuation centers, more than 145 people have come down with the flu-like illness. 25 people of had to be hospitalized. the number of people listed is unaccounted for went way up tonight. 631 names are listed on the butte county website as the massive surge continues to find human remains. officials are hoping people will check the missing persons list and marked themselves safe so they can get a more accurate count of who really is missing. the sheriff says many people have been displaced may not know other people are looking for them. evacuees who lost everything are wondering if their local utility company pg nde is to blame. there was a problem with the
bring mobile homes and temporary hospitals as fast as possible. evacuees are wondering if a local utility company is to blame. there was a problem with a transmission line before the fire started. it s not clear when a cause or criminal liability will be determined. meantime, a norovirus outbreak in chico has made some folks sick. for some folks that thought it couldn t get worse, it s worse. crews may not get full conta containment until the end of the month. thanks, claudia. a california garbage truck driver was trying to finish his route before fires closed in when he made a life-saving decision. dan cummings decided to check on elderly residents.
more than 10,000 buildings and homes levelled. many of the hundreds missing are elderly residents that lived in magalia, a community north of here. this is what magalia looked like friday night when the firestorm tore through the community. about 11,000 people lived there, surrounded by tall pine trees that turned into towers of flames. claudia cowan reporting live in mare dies. shepard, a week after it started, the camp fire is finally coming to heal. it s 40% contained. good news to counter the bad, including now on top of everything else, a public health threat as an evacuation center in chico. some 200 evacuees staying at a church are now having to worry about a norovirus outbreak. we ve been trying to