05-08-2015. - Flames fueled: The Rocky Fire -- the largest of the nearly two dozen fires torching California -- destroyed 24 homes and 26 outbuildings as it continued to burn yesterday for a sixth day.
It's charred 67,000 acres and is only 20% contained. Lower temperatures, higher humidity and clouds are helping firefighters gain ground on the fires, but another weather element -- lightning -- is making things worse. Thousands of lightning strikes over the past several days have helped fuel the flames, igniting hundreds of small wildfires in the northern part of the state.