California fire has destroyed more than 130 homes and buildings

A massive wildfire in California is spreading rapidly at a rate of eight square miles an hour, threatening thousands of homes and forcing people to flee.

More than 130 homes have already been destroyed by the Park Fire, the state's largest wildfire of the year so far, which covered 480sq miles on Friday evening. It started in Butte County on Wednesday and has been moving quickly north and eastwards since then.

On Saturday evening, Cal Fire reported that the containment of the fire climbed to 10% after holding at zero for several days. There were 110 active fires, covering an area of 2,800sq miles (7,250sq km), across the United States on Friday, according to the National Interagency Fire Centre.