Firefighters from as far away as Alaska and Florida are helping crews in California battle an expanding wildfire which has kept 3,000 people from their homes.
Teams are assessing the damage from the King fire and trying to calculate how many structures have been lost to the huge blaze.
Dangerous conditions have so far prevented crews from determining an exact number or how many of them were homes, fire spokesman Mike McMillian said.
A helicopter dumps water on the flames The fire, which is 60 miles east of Sacramento, grew to more than 128 square miles on Saturday, and gathering thunderstorms could either help or harm the fight with moisture or wind, authorities said.
The blaze began one week ago, and a man accused of starting the blaze is being held on $10m bail.
More than 5,000 firefighters are trying to control the fire which is just 10% contained and has consumed grass, brush and swaths of extremely dry tall timber.
"That's what makes it difficult for a direct attack," Mr McMillian said.
A downed power line "The main fuel that is burning is the tall timber. We're making some progress, but it is slow going in some areas as we're trying to construct more contingency and control lines."
About 100 evacuees have been allowed to return home, but some 2,700 remain under evacuation orders, Cal Fire said in a statement.
Huntsman denies arson Also of concern are possible wind gusts of up to 30mph that could push the fire, which has spread from the north to the south, state fire spokeswoman Lynne Tolmachoff said.
"That would open up a whole new area for it to burn in," Ms Tolmachoff said.
The fire has spread to the Tahoe National Forest northwest of Lake Tahoe, Mr McMillian said.
Also, the fire is threatening a key University of California, Berkeley research station that is home to scores of experiments on trees, plants and other wildlife.
Wayne Allen Huntsman, 37, pleaded not guilty to an arson charge in El Dorado County Superior Court on Friday.
Authorities have not said what evidence they have linking Huntsman to the fire, by far one of the largest of about a dozen fires burning statewide.
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