LAKE ISABELLA, Calif. — Firefighters advanced Sunday on a wildfire in central California that has claimed two lives and destroyed 200 homes.

Federal fire officials said containment on the 68-square-mile blaze increased from 10 percent to 40 percent.

Some 2,000 firefighters were battling the blaze, which destroyed many homes belonging to retirees on fixed incomes with few other possessions.

"Most people here, this is all they had," said Daniel O'Brien, 53, who lost two rental mobile homes. "You have these moments where you just want to breakdown crying and fall apart."