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Staggering number of missing haunts Paradise

CHICO, Calif. - They are as young as 8. As old as 101. The list stretches on for 26 pages, offering a staggering 1,202 names.

Most are linked to towns where they may have lived, only about a third have ages. It appears to include whole families. Seven people from Paradise with the same last name, the oldest 72. A couple in their 80s, another in their 60s and possibly their mother.

The list is a culmination of all the people who were reported missing - and remain unaccounted for - since the devastating Camp fire erupted in Butte County in the early hours of Nov. 8, consuming entire neighborhoods in just hours. It raises

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