{"id":54991,"date":"2017-12-20T04:49:59","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T04:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=54991"},"modified":"2017-12-20T04:49:59","modified_gmt":"2017-12-20T04:49:59","slug":"california-wildfire-now-second-largest-state-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/california-wildfire-now-second-largest-state-history.html","title":{"rendered":"California wildfire now second-largest in state history"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">California wildfire now second-largest in state history<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The monster of a wildfire burning in Southern California is now the second-largest blaze in the history of the state \u2014 since accurate records were kept starting in 1932.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Officials estimate that the Thomas Fire will grow to become the biggest in California history before full containment, expected by Jan. 7.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The devastating fire that began on Dec. 4 has killed at least two people including a firefighter. It&#8217;s destroyed at least 750 homes and burned about 425 square miles in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">It\u2019s burned hundreds of homes in coastal mountains northwest of Los Angeles. As of Tuesday, 432 people were still staying at evacuation shelters run by the Red Cross, agency spokeswoman Georgia Duncan said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">It continues to threaten 18,000 homes and other buildings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The fire, which is only 55 percent contained Tuesday night, is only about 1,200 acres smaller than the state\u2019s largest fire. That blaze, the 2003 Cedar fire in San Diego, killed 15 people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">State fire officials say the Thomas Fire is slightly larger than the 2012 Rush fire in Lassen County.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Firefighters say decreasing winds and higher humidity are helping them but brush in the area remains tinder-dry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">rews were taking advantage of calm conditions Tuesday by performing a controlled burn to remove swaths of dry brush along the fire\u2019s northern edge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The county of Ventura, city of Santa Paula, city of Ojai and city of Ventura have proclaimed local emergencies, Fox 11 reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2017\/12\/19\/california-wildfire-now-second-largest-in-state-history.html<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/california-wildfire-now-second-largest-state-history.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California wildfire now second-largest in state history The monster of a wildfire burning in Southern California is now the second-largest blaze in the history of the state \u2014 since accurate records were kept starting in 1932. 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