Raging California wildfire TRIPLES in size overnight as it
spreads across more than 14,000 acres after trapping dozens of
drivers in their vehicles along a California freeway
- The Delta Fire erupted on Wednesday
afternoon, shut down Interstate 5 and trapped drivers in their
vehicles
- Fire officials said Thursday that the
fire is zero per cent contained & has tripled in size,
prompting evacuations
- It spread to 5,120 acres on Wednesday,
but by Thursday afternoon the raging fire reached 14,720
acres
- Video of the Delta Fire erupting shows
trapped drivers in vehicles and tractor-trailers along I-5 on
Wednesday
- A woman is heard crying and begging her
boyfriend to get out of their tractor-trailer and run to
safety
- The blaze was human-caused, fire
officials said, but they didn't indicate whether it was arson
or accident
- About 17 big-rigs were abandoned and at
least four caught fire as flames roared up hillsides on the
freeway
Published: 02:39 EDT,
6 September 2018 | Updated: 16:31 EDT, 6
September 2018
A forest fire in California
continues to rage and is zero per cent contained as of Thursday
morning, just a day after the explosive blaze trapped dozens of
drivers in their big-rigs and vehicles along a freeway.
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