In just 3 days, the McKinney fire in Northern California has exploded to become the state’s largest wildfire this year
The blaze, dubbed the McKinney Fire, broke out Friday afternoon in the Klamath National Forest near the California-Oregon border and has since burned more than 52,000 acres, moving toward homes and forcing nearly 2,000 residents to evacuate Saturday, authorities said. Heavy smoke over the fire helped slow its growth Sunday but also kept firefighting planes …