Firefighters Continue Battling Wind-Driven Wildfire East of San Francisco

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—California firefighters expected to gain ground June 2 on a wind-driven wildfire that scorched thousands of acres 60 miles east of San Francisco, burned down a home, and forced residents to flee the area near the central California city of Tracy. The fire erupted June 1 afternoon in the grassy hills managed by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, one of the country’s key centers for nuclear weapons science and technology. The cause was under investigation. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said the research center was not under immediate threat from the blaze, dubbed the Corral Fire, which had devoured some 20 square miles by Sunday afternoon and was 30 percent contained....