McKinney Fire, California's biggest of year, turns deadly

Des Moines, Iowa — California's largest fire this year has taken at least two lives and was forcing thousands of people to evacuate as it destroyed homes and ripped through the state's dry terrain, whipped up on Sunday by strong winds and lightning storms.

The McKinney Fire was zero percent contained as it burned in Klamath National Forest in Northern California, CalFire said, spreading over more than 52,000 acres near the city of Yreka.

The blaze was challenging a state that's already battled several big wildfires this summer.