CHICO, California — A fire raging out of control in northern California has rapidly become among the biggest ever in the western US state, authorities said Saturday.
The so-called Park Fire burned more than 350,000 acres as of Saturday evening, making it the seventh-largest ever recorded in California history, the state agency Cal Fire said.The fire, which prompted orders for more than 4,000 people to flee their homes, was burning through a largely rural, mountainous area near the city of Chico, about 90 miles north of state capital Sacramento.'Extreme fire conditions continue to challenge firefighters,' Cal Fire said in a post on X.
The agency said the numbers were expected to fluctuate as officials assess the damage on the ground.The blaze has generated an enormous column of dense gray smoke which has also been blown over nearby states.On Thursday, police detained a 42-year-old man on suspicion of having started the fire by pushing a burning car into a ravine.Chico is only about 15 miles from Paradise, a city devastated by a 2018 fire that ranked as California's most deadly ever, claiming 85 lives.
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