A California fire churned through unpopulated mountain wilderness Thursday, but posed no immediate threat to the nearby town of Paradise, site of the deadliest wildfire in recent U.S. history. Twenty-one homes have been destroyed and another 1,900 remained threatened in the Fremont-Winema National Forest area just north of California that’s been gripped by a historic drought. The nearby Log Fire, which originated as three tiny fires on Monday, ballooned to more than 7.5 square miles as winds pushed the flames eastward through wilderness. In California, the state's largest fire so far this year grew to 156 square miles north of Lake Tahoe near the Nevada state line. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPA wildfire threatening more than 1,500 homes near Wenatchee, Washington, grew to 14 square miles by Thursday morning and was about 10% contained, the Washington state Department of Natural Resources said.

Source: Fox News July 16, 2021 14:26 UTC