Nearly 1,900 structures were threatened by an nearly 50-square-mile blaze in San Luis Obispo and Monterey counties, where more than 2,400 people were under evacuation orders, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said.
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The blaze has burnt nearly 34 homes and 43 square miles since it began August 13.
Crews were trying to get some control of the fire, one of three causing evacuations and destroying buildings in the Spokane area.
The blaze destroyed at least 300 structures, including 189 homes and eight businesses.
In the Santa Ynez Mountains above Santa Barbara, a wildfire expanded to nearly 37 square miles as it chewed through critically dry brush, grass and oak canopies.
Meanwhile, another blaze, dubbed the Hart Fire, which started in Lincoln County just west of Spokane, has covered over 6,000 acres is expected to grow today due to weather and terrain, officials said.
A wind-driven wildfire in central California led to more evacuations and the closure of the Hearst Castle on Saturday.
Residents of at least 50 mostly rural homes near Lake Nacimiento were ordered to leave late Sunday.
Workers at the castle have spent several days cutting brush and putting in fire lines to create a defensible space around the castle, he added, and that a contingency plan is in place to move the large art collection belonging to media magnate William Randolph Hearst.
Sixty miles east of Los Angeles, minimal activity was seen at fire that burned almost 58 square miles and 105 homes in Cajon Pass and the San Gabriel Mountains last week.
A home burned to the ground south of Spokane, Washington, Aug. 22, 2016.
On Sunday morning, Fire officials instruct residents at an evacuation at the San Bernardino County Fairgrounds where about 15 residents remained. The fire has destroyed 57 homes and burnt 133 square miles, Cal Fire said. The town also lost power, making the battle by firefighters more hard.
People in the community of Wellpinit have been told to evacuate.
Authorities tell TV station KREM that the blaze has jumped the Spokane River and is charring tribal land. He said the fire is within a mile of the community of Alta Sierra in Kern County. A growing wildfire in central California has forced the closure of the historic Hearst Castle.
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At Lower Lake, 80 miles north of San Francisco, recovery efforts remained underway in the aftermath of hard-hit Lake County’s latest wildfire, which destroyed 189 homes since erupting August 13.
