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There are indications some of them may have been from vietnam investigators say vietnamese communities in britain and elsewhere are providing information that could help. very little is known about the 39 people that were found dead in essex on wednesday on thursday the police of the victims were believed to be chinese nationals but never confirmed that. we gave an initial statement thursday on nationality however this is now a developing picture. as such i will not be drawn on any further details until formal identification process is approved by her majesty's coroner had taken place why did ...

British police have launched a murder investigation after, get this, the discovery of 39 bodies inside a truck container near london. one was a teenager. the rest were adults. the driver, a 25-year-old from northern ireland, has been arrested on suspicion of murder. joining me now from the english town of essex is nbc news correspondent steve patterson. steve, when this story first came across and i looked at it, i didn't even know what to make of it. what if anything do we know about the people who died and why they were in a truck trailer? >> reporter: very little at this point, ali. but tha...

House and just haven't checked in with family members. >> often it's hard to get to touch with people in the hours immediately after these storms because communication systems go down, so it doesn't necessarily mean that the worst has happened. it's just they're unaccounted for at this time. the sheriff told alisyn camerota there are children, at least one child, among those killed. is that the case. >> that is true. the ages ranged from under 10 to in the 70s and 80s. >> and i also understand that some of the worst damage in terms of deaths and casualties happened in one confined area. one mi...

>> reporter: this disaster recovery center at the chico mall has been buzzing with activity. this is a one stop shop where survivors of the wildfire can apply forked from aid -- federal aid and get insurance and replace their driver's license. they can also provide a dna sadge to help speed up the identification process for burned remains. fire officials say the number of people unaccounted for has dropped to 993. down from almost 1300. officials say those numbers will fluctuate as they remove duplicate names. in the burned out neighborhood nearly 500 volunteers and search crews as well as cad...

Rise. the county sheriff who also serves as the county coroner as acting ages families to be patient while the remains are identified. >> i know to the community karma single of one's are anxious, and i know that the news of us recovering bodies has to be disconcerting. we are working to identify those remains and make contact with the next of kin so that we can return the remains to the famil family. >> when you see was left in some neighborhoods, you get a better idea of why the identification process is so difficult to read some bodies are burned beyond recognition. authorities have called ...