SF Gate reported
A wildfire on the second-largest island in California’s Channel Islands National Park had burned over 10,000 acres Sunday night, destroying two historic structures and threatening rare plant species, with zero containment.
The Santa Rosa Island Fire was burning in the rugged and remote southern and eastern sides of 53,000-acre Santa Rosa Island. Eleven National Park Service employees were rescued from their housing Sunday with no injuries, the Santa Barbara County Fire Department said.
Read more at Nearly one-fifth of Calif. national park island has burned in human-caused fire
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