19-12-2017 21:51 via wbrz.com

California fire now second-largest in state history

LOS ANGELES - A wildfire that's burned hundreds of homes in coastal mountains northwest of Los Angeles is now the second-largest blaze in California history.  State fire officials say the 425-acre Thomas fire burning in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties is slightly larger than the 2012 Rush fire in Lassen County.  The fire, which is only 55 percent contained Tuesday night, is only about 1,200 acres smaller than the state's largest fire. That blaze, the 2003
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