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The search for Paradise fire victims slows; some may never be found

CHICO, Calif. - As every day goes by, searchers are finding fewer human remains in the rubble of California's deadliest wildfire.

At the same time, they are slowly narrowing the list of the missing, which on Monday stood at 203 yet still down by about 1,000 from last week.

But amid this work, authorities are coming to terms with the possibility that the search for victims of the Camp fire might never be complete and that some human remains won't ever be recovered.

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