<p class="title">Firefighters say 500 structures have been destroyed in a raging Northern California wildfire and another 5,000 are threatened.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Cal Fire released the updated figure on Friday, though the number of homes burned in the so-called Carr Fire is expected to increase.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Earlier on Friday, fire officials said 65 structures had been destroyed by the fast-moving blaze in Shasta County.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The blaze grew to 194 square kilometres by last night. It began Monday with a mechanical failure of a vehicle. It grew completely out of control on Thursday, tearing through two small communities and reaching the city of Redding.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Tens of thousands of people fled the city in fear of their lives from the blaze, which has killed two firefighters.</p>
<p class="title">Firefighters say 500 structures have been destroyed in a raging Northern California wildfire and another 5,000 are threatened.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Cal Fire released the updated figure on Friday, though the number of homes burned in the so-called Carr Fire is expected to increase.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Earlier on Friday, fire officials said 65 structures had been destroyed by the fast-moving blaze in Shasta County.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The blaze grew to 194 square kilometres by last night. It began Monday with a mechanical failure of a vehicle. It grew completely out of control on Thursday, tearing through two small communities and reaching the city of Redding.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Tens of thousands of people fled the city in fear of their lives from the blaze, which has killed two firefighters.</p>