As of Sunday it had grown to more than 463,000 acres, or 724 square miles, and was 21 per cent contained, according to state fire officials, and is their second largest ever recorded
At least eight people are missing and thousands have been forced to flee their homes as a devastating wildfire continues to rage through California.
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