Sheriff: More Than 2,800 Structures Destroyed By Almeda Fire

The count of structures lost to the Almeda fire keeps growing, with more than 2,800 now tallied as having been destroyed by the fire, Jackson County Sheriff Nate Sickler reported Friday afternoon.

An urban search-and-rescue team with members from Utah and Nevada may finish its count of destroyed buildings and its search for human remains by Saturday, he said.

“So far, they’ve evaluated nearly 4,000 structures in the Almeda fire scar and have documented just over 2,800 buildings destroyed,” he said Friday.

The count includes houses, duplexes, apartments, shops, businesses and other structures, Sickler said.

The numbers don’t count individual housing units lost, such as all the units in an apartment complex, he noted.