California wildfire threatens some 800 structures and injures three people
Smoke from the Gifford Fire fills the sky as the sun sets over Los Padres National Forest in California. Picture: Noah Berger/AP
More than 800 structures are threatened by a massive wildfire in central California that left at least three people injured as it burned through Los Padres National Forest.
The Gifford Fire scorched more than 113 square miles (293 square kilometres) of coastal Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, with 3% containment, according to a US Forest Service update on Monday evening.
