SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - California Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency in three Northern California counties on Wednesday after officials said wildfires in the region had destroyed at least 50 buildings and were threatening hundreds more. Some 3,000 people have been evacuated as the so-called Ponderosa fire burned through more than 24,000 acres of steep, rugged terrain in the rural counties of Tehama and Shasta, about 125 miles north of state capital Sacramento The blaze is 50-percent contained, fire officials said.
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