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Fast-growing Park Fire is already California’s largest wildfire of 2024, state says
The fast-growing Park Fire near Chico has already topped the list of largest California wildfires to date in 2024, state officials reported. Firefighters have contained just 3% of the 45,550-acre blaze burning across Butte and Tehama counties after sparks ignited Wednesday in the open spaces of Upper Bidwell Park on the outskirts of Chico, The Sacramento Bee reported.
Park Fire map: Wildfire near Chico explodes overnight to season’s biggest
A wildfire that started Wednesday afternoon on the edge of Chico grew in barely 12 hours to the largest fire of California’s season. The Park Fire was reported shortly before 3 p.m. in Upper Bidwell Park, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said. Early Thursday, its size was estimated at 45,549 acres (71 square miles).
Update: Park Fire reaches 1,500 acres north of Chico — mandatory evacuation orders for 7 zones
BUTTE COUNTY — Two major fires broke out locally Wednesday, with one arising from a scrap yard in Oroville and the second burning a portion of Bidwell Park in Chico — the latter reaching 1,500 acres within hours and leading to several mandatory evacuation orders. According to the...
Park Fire explodes in Northern California. Wildfire 45,000 acres amid evacuations near Chico
A Northern California blaze exploded Thursday to more than 45,000 acres — the largest wildfire in California this year — spanning two counties, as residents were ordered to evacuate areas north of Chico. Firefighters have contained just 3% of a 45,550-acre blaze dubbed the Park Fire burning across...
Park Fire forces evacuations near Chico, quickly explodes to over 45,000 acres
CHICO, Calif. (KGO) -- A dangerous situation is developing near Chico as a fast-moving wildfire has forced evacuations in Butte and Tehama counties. The Park Fire exploded overnight, burning 45,000 acres since it started. Video from the area shows the intense flames. The blaze quickly spread from about 10 square...
Lightning and a burning car pushed into a gully are blamed for wildfires scorching the West
A burning car pushed into a gully sparked California’s largest wildfire of the year, authorities said Thursday as they announced the arrest of a suspect. Meanwhile other blazes scorched the Pacific Northwest. Flames from the fire the man is accused of starting exploded into what is now the Park...
Update: Park Fire reaches 6,465 acres — mandatory evacuation orders for numerous zones
BUTTE COUNTY — A fire that began near Upper Park Road in Bidwell Park quickly grew into a 1,500-acre-plus inferno Wednesday afternoon and evening, leading to several mandatory evacuation orders and threatening the community of Richardson Springs and the surrounding area. At 10:15 p.m., Cal Fire released another update...
Fast-moving Park Fire explodes in Butte County, forcing overnight evacuations
A wind-driven fire in Butte County exploded overnight, triggering evacuations as it ballooned to more than 45,000 acres. The Park Fire started about 4:45 p.m. Wednesday north of Chico in Bidwell Park and grew exponentially over the next few hours as it raced north parallel to Highway 99 and into Tehama County.
Serial killer allegedly admits to killing Tehama County woman
RED BLUFF — The Tehama County Sheriff’s Office was in Manton Tuesday to look for the final resting place of one of serial killer Gerald Frank Stanley’s victims. In 1983, Stanley was convicted by a Butte County Jury for fatally shooting his fourth wife in Nice in 1980. Five years prior, he had killed his second spouse and was on parole for that incident.
How is the Park Fire near Chico affecting California air quality?
The Park Fire, burning north of Chico in Butte and Tehama counties, exploded to more than 45,000 acres Thursday morning, becoming the largest wildfire in California so far this year. A massive smoke plume from the fire extended across northeast California into southern Oregon and Idaho and is creating unhealthy...
California’s Park Fire destroys buildings and forces thousands to flee as a fast-moving fire ravages Canadian tourist town
(CNN) — California’s largest wildfire of the year has burned an area larger the size of the entire city of Los Angeles, destroyed dozens of buildings and forced thousands of residents to flee their homes as wildfires wreak havoc in the Western United States. Meanwhile, homes and businesses in a popular Canadian resort town were incinerated as a wildfire continued to roar through the area. Here’s the latest:
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