--- description: Massive blaze west of Sacramento was only 5% contained as of Sunday afternoon title: California Wildfire: Rocky Fire Near Sacramento Grows to 46,000 Acres image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta8ff3bddb3b74712/69885d7b428a9ec587cce734/california-wildfire.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # California Wildfire Almost Doubles in Size Overnight by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 2, 2015 6:54 PM CUT  Firefighters Richard Dykhouse, left, and Dan McCabe confer as the Rocky fire burns near Clearlake, Calif. on Aug. 2, 2015. Firefighters Richard Dykhouse, left, and Dan McCabe confer as the Rocky fire burns near Clearlake, Calif. on Aug. 2, 2015.Noah Berger—EPA by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 2, 2015 6:54 PM CUT A massive wildfire west of Sacramento, California, spanned 46,000 acres Sunday, [up from 27,000 acres the previous evening.](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/western-wildfires/large-california-wildfire-grows-evacuations-ordered-n402466 "undefined") The Rocky Fire, in Lake County, was just 5 percent contained on Sunday morning, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Dozens of buildings, including 24 houses, have been destroyed in the blaze. And another 6,000 buildings are threatened by the fire, which sparked in the drought-stricken state on Wednesday. Multiple areas near the fire were under mandatory evacuation orders, and parts of several highways were closed down, according to Cal Fire. Nearly 2,000 firefighters were battling the blaze… [Read more from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/western-wildfires/sacramento-rocky-fire-grows-19-000-acres-overnight-n402561?cid=par-time-article%5F20150802 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3981514/california-wildfire-sacramento-46000-acres/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3981514/california-wildfire-sacramento-46000-acres/"},"headline":"California Wildfire Almost Doubles in Size Overnight","datePublished":"2015-08-02T18:54:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:49:08.224Z","description":"Massive blaze west of Sacramento now covers 46,000 acres","url":"https://time.com/3981514/california-wildfire-sacramento-46000-acres/","keywords":["Natural Disasters"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta8ff3bddb3b74712/69885d7b428a9ec587cce734/california-wildfire.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta8ff3bddb3b74712/69885d7b428a9ec587cce734/california-wildfire.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"California wildfire in Lake County","caption":"California wildfire in Lake County","creditText":"Noah Berger—EPA","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3981514/california-wildfire-sacramento-46000-acres/","name":"California Wildfire Almost Doubles in Size Overnight"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"8,000 Firefighters Trying To Control California Flames","description":"Fires are burning across the state, and weather conditions could make the situation worse.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/4NbNKD8Z/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-08-01T15:57:01.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/4NbNKD8Z.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3981514/california-wildfire-sacramento-46000-acres/","duration":"PT44S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3981514/california-wildfire-sacramento-46000-acres/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```