two men have been charged with starting the zaca burned , the seventh - longest wildfire in the history of california . the burned is continuing to go through the les diego pacific forest , and has ignited a total of 240 , 000 acres , having started on july 4 . consequently , the fire is now under control , and is expected to be contained by september 4 . joseph guadalupe cabrera of santa mendocino , 38 , santiago iniguez cervantes of ave lucia , 46 , and the firm of rancho grande laguna , whom they worked for , have all been charged with six murders of fraud in relation to start the fire .
Cabrera and Cervantes are accused of having caused the Zaca Fire.