The evacuation zone had grown for five straight days and now exceeds 150 square miles.
A week after it started in a rugged area of Santa Barbara County, the Lake Fire continues to expand and to prompt more evacuations. It is the state’s biggest wildfire of the year.As of Friday, July 12, the fire was at 38,004 acres with 19% containment, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said.Most of the fire’s recent growth has been toward the southeast, into a wilderness area, CalFire said.
The map above shows the approximate fire perimeter as a black line and the evacuation zone in red. For more evacuation details and latest updates, see The fire started on July 5 near Zaca Lake, in Los Padres National Forest. Its cause is under investigation. In 2007, the same area was burned by the Zaca Fire, which at that time was the second largest wildfire in California’s recorded history — 240,207 acres . It was started on July 4 by sparks from a grinding tool, and hot spots continued to burn until the last days of October.
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