Sept. 7 (UPI) -- A fast-growing wildfire has spread to 24,000 acres in Northern California and fire crews have not yet been able to get a handle on it, officials said Friday.
The Delta Fire is largely confined within Shasta-Trinity National Forest, near Redding. Officials fear it will expand eastward and merge with the Hirz fire, which is mostly contained but has burned more than 45,000 acres.