California wildfire spreads fast, growing to largest this year in U.S.

LOS ANGELES: AUGUST 7 – A fast-moving wildfire in the western U.S. state of California had grown to the largest one so far this year in the country on Friday.

The massive fire, dubbed Dixie Fire, had burned 434,813 acres (around 175,963 hectares) and was only 21 per cent contained as of Friday night, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire).