The Latest: California’s Big Sur-area fire spreads overnight

By The Associated Press
August 04 2016 07:50 AM

CP857873302 — In this Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016 photo, as campers bed down for the night along Putah Creek, the Cold fire burns slowly downhill on the Solano and Napa County line near Lake Berryessa, Calif. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP)

BIG SUR, Calif. – The Latest on wildfires burning in the West (all times local):

7:50 a.m.

A wildfire north of Big Sur near California’s Central Coast has grown again overnight after burning for nearly two weeks.

The fire has scorched more than 79 square miles and is less than 30 per cent contained. It has destroyed 57 homes and is threatening another 2,000 structures.

A bulldozer operator also was killed on the fire lines during a rollover accident.

Fire investigators determined an unattended campfire started the blaze July 22 in Garapata Park. No arrests have been made.

More than 5,500 personnel are working the fire in steep, forested ridges.

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