In California, two Los Angeles County firefighters died Sunday as they were battling the massive wildfires. The fire had already churned through more than 42,500 acres of land, from the edge of metropolitan Los Angeles up to pine-clad ridges and down toward the Mojave Desert. More than 12,500 homes were threatened, and 6,600 were under mandatory evacuation orders Sunday night. Eighteen residences have been destroyed. Officials say the fire is only five percent contained.