Deadly Kern County wildfire grows to 46 square miles - and it's barely contained

LAKE ISABELLA, Calif. — Near this man-made lake about 45 miles northeast of Bakersfield, a 2-acre fire has grown to an inferno that stretches over 46 square miles, killing two people and destroying at least 100 homes and other structures.

The frantic effort to control the raging Erskine fire in...