CALIFORNIA: Whipped by high winds and burning through drought-ridden wilderness areas, only about 5 percent of the Basin Complex Fire has been contained.

According to officials, evacuation order was extended to cover the 25 miles of coastline after the National Weather Service issued a red flag warning over higher winds and lower humidity.

Schwarzenegger has declared a state of emergency in 11 counties in central and Northern California where more than 1,000 fires have been burning for days, blackening more than 425,000 acres

California firefighters made a desperate stand as darkness fell on Thursday to save more than 4,000 homes and other structures from a pair of out-of-control wildfires burning about 170 miles apart along the California coast.