Growth of the Madre Fire burning off Highway 166 expanded overnight, now having scorched 79,630 acres as of Saturday morning. Around 50 structures are currently threatened. Sign up for our NewslettersVideo above from KSBW 8 morning headline for July 4,

A California wildfire that started on Wednesday afternoon continues to burn, having destroyed over 35,000 acres as of Thursday afternoon, with only a tiny portion contained.

California's Madre Fire sparked in the late evening of July 3 but has since grown to the largest in the state this year by the Fourth.