California wildfire explodes, burning across 25 miles in day

OROVILLE, Calilf. (AP) — A Northern California wildfire that had been burning for weeks roared to life after being stoked by high winds and burned a 25-mile path through mountainous terrain and parched foothills. A climate scientist said Wednesday that fire’s rapid spread was unprecedented. Daniel Swain of the University of California, Los Angeles, says the fire burned an estimated 400 square miles in a day. It’s one of two dozen fires burning in California that have forced eva