Huge California wildfire burns through timber in hot and dry weather

The fire is now mostly contained (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

California’s largest wildfire so far this year continued to grow as it chewed through timber in very hot and dry weather.

The Park Fire has scorched more than 660 square miles since erupting on July 24 near the Sacramento Valley city of Chico and burning northward up the western flank of the Sierra Nevada.