After doubling in size last Monday, the “Station Fire” inCalifornia threatened homes and commercial properties with a totalinsured value of more than $17 billion, modeling agencies AIRWorldwide and RMS reported.

By midweek, the largest of theCalifornia wildfires, the Station Fire, had burned more than140,000 acres, destroying 62 dwellings.

Stretching up to 25 miles east to west and 18 miles north tosouth, the blaze was not expected to be contained until Sept. 8 atthe earliest, according to reports.

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