It was still raging unchecked on Monday after scorching some 8,400 acres of tinder- dry chaparral and grasslands.

It has charred more than 2,000 acres (405 hectares) of tinder- dry chaparral and grasslands, fire officials said.

But a wildfire that killed 19 firefighters on Sunday raged unchecked, engulfing 8,400 acres of tinder- dry chaparral and grasslands.

It was still raging unchecked on Monday after scorching some 8,400 acres (3,400 hectares) of tinder- dry chaparral and grasslands.