Only a day after it began, the blaze near the town of Paradise had grown to nearly 110 square miles and was burning completely out of control.
With fires also burning in Southern California , state officials put the total number of people forced from their homes at 157,000. Evacuation orders included the entire city of Malibu, which is home to 13,000, among them some of Hollywood’s biggest stars.
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