Flames can still be seen flickering in the area of Paradise where the victims were found
The man, who says he was trapped in the area along with the victims, said that he had visited a woman in her house as the fires approached.

He said: “She had to put her make-up on, she died because of it.”

The firenado was seen in Paradise, California, the town where 27,000 residents were told to evacuate as a massive wildfire spread.
The man also revealed that his disabled friend was killed in the fire.

A nurse also revealed she “thought she was going to die” when her car was engulfed in flames after she evacuated the hospital where she worked.

A car park in Paradise, California, is a staging area for hearses as search teams try to find bodies of casualties in the fires.

Authorities have called in a DNA lab to help identify the dead.

California governor Jerry Brown is requesting a “major disaster declaration” from President Donald Trump for the wildfires burning at both ends of the state.

US authorities say more than 8,000 firefighters are battling three large wildfires in California that have destroyed thousands of structures

Roughly 397 square miles of the state is burning with the the blaze known as the Camp Fire in Butte County being the largest.