LAKEPORT, Calif. — The Latest on California wildfires (all times local):5:10 p.m.President Donald Trump says he’s monitoring the raging wildfires that continue to ravage California. Flames that erupted Monday have scorched more than 6 square miles (16 square kilometres) of dry brush and timber. Officials say together the blazes about 100 miles (259 kilometres) north of San Francisco have charred 455 square miles (1,178 square kilometres). That surpasses a wildfire last year in Southern California that burned 440 square miles (1,140 square kilometres). ——12:00 a.m.Northern California is grappling with the largest wildfire in California history, breaking a record set only months earlier.

Source: National Post August 07, 2018 14:50 UTC