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California's Park Fire now among largest in state history as evacuation orders spread
The Park Fire burning in Northern California near Chico has now become one of the largest wildfires in state history as flames continue to spread, causing additional evacuations spread across four counties.
Park Fire updates: Parts of Shingletown evacuated; Newsom declares emergency
The fast-moving Park Fire, which started Wednesday in Butte County, continues to burn north toward Shasta County, forcing evacuations in Shingletown, Manton and as far east as Lassen Volcanic National Park. As the 307,000-acre fire continued to burn out of control, areas south of Highway 44 were under evacuation orders....
‘It’s just terrible. This is terrible’: Paradise, Magalia keeping eye on Park Fire
Paradise and Magalia residents are used to having fires that start far away impact them directly. In 2008, the Humboldt Fire impacted their town limits, burning 28,344 acres and destroying 85 structures. That fire was started by an arsonist on Highway 32 and burned across the Butte Creek Canyon. In...
Park Fire threatens historic Honey Run Covered Bridge rebuild, destroyed in Camp Fire
A beloved Butte County landmark that burned in the 2018 Camp Fire is once again in peril, this time from the Park Fire. The massive blaze — whose smoke cloud is visible to motorists traveling on Interstate 5 between the Sacramento area to Red Bluff — threatens to destroy the remnants of the...
Park Fire evacuees in Chico look out for their neighbors
CHICO — Some people forced to leave their homes after the rapidly growing Park Fire found themselves at the Neighborhood Church in Chico.At the Butte County evacuation center, so many say that the progression of this fire is all too familiar. The Ferguson family suffered tremendous loss during the 2018 Camp Fire."Just bringing back memories of driving down during the Camp Fire, I look back and it's just right there. The flames are right there, and it happened again today," said Ellie Ferguson, who is in high school now but remembers the day she evacuated Paradise six years ago.Her father,...
Park Fire reminder of changing climate's impact on far Northern California
Climate scientist Daniel Swain says Butte County has become a “poster child” over the past decade for what can happen when a warming climate triggers extreme summers and winters. The Record Searchlight reached out to Swain before the Park Fire started for insights on the record-breaking heat that enveloped the North State...
Oroville residents recount narrow escape from devastating Thompson fire
OROVILLE, Calif. — Some people are calling themselves lucky after surviving multiple close calls in the Thompson Fire near Oroville earlier this month. Dozens of homes destroyed, damaged and left unlivable after multiple devastating fires sparked just days apart in Oroville and surrounding Butte County communities. "We had kind...
PG&E provides an update on power outages relating to the Park Fire
BUTTE COUNTY, Calif. - PG&E provided an update on power outages affecting those affected by the Park Fire in Butte County. As the fire progressed on Wednesday, PG&E said they de-energized distribution power lines in stages in and near the burn area at the request of CAL FIRE/Butte County Fire Department. This was to protect firefighters and public safety.
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