Five people have been killed and tens of thousands evacuated as firefighters struggle to contain California wildfires
SAN FRANCISCO—Wildfires continued to rage intensely around the San Francisco Bay Area on Friday, bringing the death toll to at least five, destroying more than 500 structures and forcing tens of thousands of evacuations.
The three fires, sparked by unusual lightning storms last weekend, had grown close to 500,000 acres by Friday morning, with less than 10% contained, said officials with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
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