Sunday update: The Park Fire in Northern California has now burned more than 350,000 acres.
Cal Fire said the blaze was 12 percent contained by Sunday morning and that 4,000 firefighters were working to extinguish it. At least 134 buildings were destroyed and five were damaged.
The fire was at zero containment on Saturday, but improving weather conditions have allowed firefighters to make progress.
Previously: The Park Fire in Northern California has grown to 307,368 acres (480 square miles) and is now the eighth largest wildfire in California history.
The fire has burned an area roughly the size of Los Angeles and is one of several burning across the western United States and Canada amid dry, hot and windy conditions.
The Park Fire is the largest fire to burn in California so far this year.
Meanwhile, officials report that the Lake Fire in Santa Barbara is 90% contained. The fire, which began on Friday, July 5, had grown to 38,664 acres as of July 26. Response to the Lake Fire has shifted from fire suppression to post-fire restoration.
The Park Fire is still growing.
“There’s a lot of fuel around and it will continue to grow at this rapid pace,” Cal Fire Capt. Billy See said at a news conference. He said the fire was growing at up to eight square miles (21 square kilometers) per hour on Friday afternoon.
More than 110 fires were burning in the United States on Friday, covering 2,800 square miles (7,250 square kilometers), according to the National Joint Fire Center.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
