California's Caldor Fire grows to 30,000 acres, triggering evacuation orders
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The Caldor Fire is rapidly expanding through Northern California, prompting mandatory evacuations for residents in El Dorado County, which is home to over 190,000 residents. The fire ignited Saturday near the Omo Ranch village and has grown to more than 30,000 acres with zero containment, according to CalFire.
The fire is now the second-largest wildfire burning in California after growing more than 23,500 acres on Tuesday. The cause of the blaze is still under investigation but officials estimate it will be fully contained by August 21, according to CalFire. California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency for El Dorado County Tuesday afternoon.A cybercriminal group claims it stole personal data belonging to more than 500 million Ticketmaster customers. Although the event ticketing service, owned by Live Nation Entertainment, hasn't confirmed the attack, security experts warn that it could put users of the platform at risk for a range of scams.
Two climbers were waiting to be rescued near the peak of Denali, a colossal mountain that towers over miles of vast tundra in southern Alaska, officials said Wednesday. Originally part of a three-person team that became stranded near the top of the mountain, the climbers put out a distress call more than 30 hours earlier suggesting they were hypothermic and unable to descend on their own, according to the National Park Service.
There's no making up for what Olympic hurdler Lashinda Demus lost on the day she finished .07 seconds behind a Russian opponent who, everyone later learned, was doping. What the American 400-meter hurdles champion will finally receive is a great day under the Eiffel Tower where she'll be presented with the gold medal she was denied 12 years ago at the London Olympics.