Stubborn Fire Threatens California’s Scenic Coast

window.document.getElementById(‘post-7932′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;Reuters: California firefighters struggled to gain the upper hand on Sunday against a nine-day-old wildfire that is threatening the scenic Big Sur area along the state’s rugged central coast. The Big Sur fire has burned about 32,500 acres (13,150 hectares) and destroyed 16 homes since it was sparked by lightning on June 21, the US Forest Service said. Firefighters have contained only 3 percent of the flames and the Forest Service could not estimate when the fire would be brought under …

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