Two-month California fire declared contained

? California firefighters finally declared victory over the Zaca fire Sunday.

The blaze was declared fully contained at 6 p.m., two months after it was sparked by an allegedly reckless water pipe repair. The fire burned 375 square miles of wilderness in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties and injured 44 firefighters.

The Zaca blaze, which consumed 240,207 acres in Los Padres National Forest, was the second-largest recorded wildfire in California history, authorities said.

The largest was San Diego County’s Cedar fire, which burned 273,246 acres in 2003.

All told, the battle against the blaze – which at its peak involved more than 3,000 firefighters, numerous fixed-wing aircraft, eight air tankers and 20 helicopters – cost about $117 million, authorities said.

Only one structure, an uninhabited shed, was destroyed.