The deadly Carr Fire in California, already described by officials as the state’s sixth most destructive wildfire, grew nearly 10,000 acres overnight on Saturday as the authorities said a seventh death was tied to the blaze.

The fire, which is centered about 200 miles north of San Francisco, has been one of this year’s most prominent blazes, an emblem of the yearly destruction visited on a state grappling with extreme weather that has made severe wildfire seasons more likely, scientists say.

The authorities said 16 other major fires continued across the state in what Gov. Jerry Brown on Saturday described as the “new normal.” Officials said 40,000 people have been evacuated and 14,000 firefighters were battling the blazes.