Firefighters struggle to contain exploding northern California wildfire

Blaze rushes north-east from the Sierra Nevada forest region after doubling in size as heatwave blankets US westFirefighters struggled to contain an exploding northern California wildfire under blazing temperatures as another heatwave blanketed the west, prompting an excessive heat warning for inland and desert areas.Death Valley in south-eastern California’s Mojave Desert reached 128 F (53C) on Saturday, according to the National Weather Service’s reading at Furnace creek. The shock