Huge California wildfire destroys multiple buildings

San Francisco: Deckwourth Complex Fire, the largest wildfire raging in the US state of California, has so far scorched 83,926 acres of land with only 8 per cent containment and destroyed multiple buildings, according to Inciweb, an interstate incident information system. The blaze showed no sign of slowing its rush northeast from the Sierra



Nevada forest region after doubling in size between July 9-10, Xinhua news agency quoted Inciweb as saying on Sunday.

On July 10, flames jumped US Route 395, a main highway linking Northern California and Central Valley in rural Sierra Nevada mountain region, and forced closures.