Found Deceased CA - Melody Bledsoe, 70, Emily, 5, & James Roberts, 4, missing in Carr Fire, Redding, 26 Jul 2018

[cybervampira]

Woman, 2 great-grandchildren missing after evacuating from California fire

Family members are trying to locate a 70-year-old California woman and her two great-grandchildren who have not been seen since they fled their home in Redding because of the Carr Fire, KOVR reported.

Melody Bledsoe, Emily Roberts, 5, and James Roberts, 4, have been missing since Thursday, KGO reported.



Deputies told Kewley that there was a dispatch call for a woman and two children who needed assistance evacuating, he said, though emergency responders were not able to respond to the call.

Two children, their great grandmother missing in Carr Fire, family friend says

Missing: Two children, their great grandmother not seen since Carr Fire, family says

Family needs your help finding children, great grandmother missing in Carr Fire

 

[cybervampira]

Two children, their great grandmother missing in Carr Fire, family friend says

Kewley, who lives two miles from Bledsoe’s house, said he was standing on the roof of his home on Thursday night as the Carr Fire raced closer and closer. He said he called Bledsoe’s house.

“She was screaming, “It’s getting closer,” and you could hear the sirens,” Kewley said. “Then the phone went dead.”

Two Children, grandmother missing following Carr Fire evacuation, family member says

Hoskison said she hopes social media may be able to help bring their family home.

If you've seen any of them in any of the Carr Fire evacuation shelters, please contact the Redding Police Department as soon as possible.

 

[cybervampira]

9 people are missing in Redding. Video at link.

Woman And Her Great-Great-Grandchildren Reported Missing After Evacuating From Redding Home

 

[Purplepixii]

That’s so tragic

 

[MsFacetious]

Doesn't sound like they made it out. Those poor kids were probably terrified.

I hate fire. It terrifies me.

 

[cybervampira]

UPDATE 1-Monster wildfire in California rages on after killing two...

Nine people were reportedly missing as a monster wildfire in northern California burned unchecked on Saturday after it killed two firefighters, destroyed hundreds of structures and sent thousands of frantic residents racing from their homes.

Some 3,400 firefighters on the ground and in helicopters and airplanes battled the 48,300-acre (19,500 hectares) Carr Fire early on Saturday as it ripped through Redding, a city of 90,000 people, in California’s scenic Shasta-Trinity area.

 

[cybervampira]

Desperate Search For Grandmother, Children Missing In Carr Fire

Cadaver dogs came up empty in their search Friday of the remains of an Quartz Hill Road home for any sign of a grandmother and two small children who have been missing since the deadly and devastating Carr Fire roared through their neighborhood.

The three are among at least nine people who were missing and unaccounted for in the fire which has destroyed at least 500 homes, charred 48,312 acres and was just 5 percent contained by early Saturday.

 

[MelmothTheLost]

When I look at maps or Google Earth it makes my blood run cold to see how many timber framed houses are built on dead end roads running through forested areas.

 

[kirkassoc]

Oh, goodness! I kept hurriedly scrolling through hoping to find a "located safe" article. Praying they are safe somewhere!

 

[cybervampira]

14 missing in total now.

Kids, great-grandmother had no car as fire came, family says. They’re among 14 missing

Family members say the Bledsoes only had one car and that Melody’s husband, Ed, had taken it to run an errand. Granddaughter Shelly Hoskinson said the family only owned a flip phone and was not technologically savvy, and said she believed no evacuation order ever came.

The sheriff was adamant that evacuation orders were sent, saying reverse 911 calls and warnings to cellphone users were issued, although he could not say whether deputies went door to door to warn residents to leave.

 

[MelmothTheLost]

14 missing in total now.

Kids, great-grandmother had no car as fire came, family says. They’re among 14 missing

I wonder how much of a gap there was between the husband taking the car and the fire sweeping into the area where the house was.

 

[SuziQ]

This is so horrifying. I fear this will turn out to be like the Santa Rosa and Sonoma fires.

 

[cybervampira]

Missing Kids, Great-Grandma in Redding Found Dead: Family

Two children and their great-grandmother have been found dead after they went missing as they were ordered to evacuate Redding due to the devastating wildfire, the family confirmed with NBC Bay Area.

 

[Darling136]

Children, great grandmother missing in Carr Fire found dead

Found deceased

 

[Eevee Pie]

This is unbelievably upsetting and sad news.

 

[SuziQ]

Oh sad news! I grew up in So Cal where it burned every time the Santa Anna's blew. I don't remember such a loss of life.

 

[MsFacetious]

I'm very glad they were found. I hope they didn't suffer. I can't even imagine as a mother how I would begin to cope with that.

 

[Elainera]

Terrible news! May they Rest in Peace. I hope they didn't suffer.

 

[cvaldez1975]

Y’all, the gpa spoke to the media. He was crying and said he talked to the grandson until he died. I was in tears and I don’t want want to look for it because I don’t want to cry again

 

[TatianaBarbie]

Y’all, the gpa spoke to the media. He was crying and said he talked to the grandson until he died. I was in tears and I don’t want want to look for it because I don’t want to cry again

That is just so sad.