A week after it started in a rugged area of Santa Barbara County, the Lake Fire continues to expand and to prompt more evacuations. It is the state's biggest wildfire of the year. As of Friday, July 12, the fire was at 38,004 acres (59.4 square miles) with 19% containment, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said.
Most of the fire's recent growth has been toward the southeast, into a wilderness area, CalFire said. The evacuation zone had grown for five straight days and now exceeds 150 square miles.
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