McKinney Fire: 2 found dead inside burned-out car in Siskiyou's small Klamath River town

Two people have been found dead inside a vehicle that was burned in the McKinney Fire, the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office said.

Around 10 a.m. Sunday, firefighters found the bodies in the burned-out vehicle in a residential driveway on Doggett Creek Road west of the town of Klamath River, the sheriff's office said.

Live updates: Two people found dead; arrests made within evacuated area

The neighborhood where they were found is along the Highway 96 corridor, which has taken much of the brunt of the fire. Multiple homes have been destroyed by the fire in that area, authorities have said.

The sheriff's office provided no additional information about the deaths in a Facebook post.

The identification of the two people is pending notification of next of kin.

The McKinney Fire grew overnight to 55,493 acres, the U.S. Forest Service said.

While the growth of the fire slowed, the McKinney is easily the largest wildfire in California to date this year.

There is still on containment on the blaze, the Forest Service said.

Meanwhile, the sheriff's office said two people were arrested early Monday morning within the fire's evacuation zone.

One person was arrested on suspicion of possession of burglary tools, while the other was arrested on suspicion of burglary with a fire evacuation zone, the sheriff's office said.

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