a wildfire near the californian city of sacramento has exploded and grown by a factor of eight in just 2a hours. the caldorfire suddenly expanded on tuesday morning and within a day was consuming more than 53,000 acres. two people have been seriously injured and thousands of residents have been evacuated from the eldorado national forest. it's one of many fires currently raging across the western united states. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: new york's central park becomes an impromptu battlefield as teams of knights battle it out in full medieval armour. the big crowds became bigger as the time of the funeral approached. as the lines of fans became longer, the police prepared for a huge job of crowd control.