Wildfires burn through record area in California as blazes continue to spread
since it broke out in the Sierra Mountains on Friday, and the authorities said none of it had been contained.One blaze, dubbed the Creek Fire, has swept across thousands of acres in the Sierra National Forestburned at least two dozen dwellings in the town of Big Creek, the Los Angeles Times reports
. More than 200 hikers had to be airlifted out of the popular Mammoth Pool Reservoir after becoming trapped by flames on Saturday. Valley Fire in San Diego County has burned through more than 10,000 acres, and prompted the evacuation of the remote town of Alpine; while Bobcat fire in Angeles National Forest has destroyed nearly 5,000 acres and saw the evacuation of the Mount Wilson Observatory.
Cal Fire blamed a"smoke-generating pyrotechnic device, used during a gender reveal party" for starting the The El Dorado fire in San Bernadino County. Gender reveal parties are celebrations announcing whether expecting parents are going to have a girl or a boy. In recent years, several large-scale parties have gone wrong, even
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