California’s Park Fire grows to over 300K acres, becomes 8th largest on record

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California’s Park ***** grows to over 300K acres, becomes 8th largest on record

July 27 (UPI) — California firefighters are scrambling to contain the massive Park *****, which has scorched an area greater than the size of Los Angeles as of Saturday.

As of 7:54 a.m. PDT, the wildfire had burned

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across Butte and Tehama counties, which is a drastic increase from the 45,550 acres it had burned through as of Thursday morning.

The steep terrain and winds in the area have created conditions for an aggressively spreading *****, according to Cal *****. Despite over 2,400 firefighting personnel being deployed to combat the blaze, it remained 0% contained as of Saturday.

The Park ***** now has grown to become the

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in California history and the largest wildfire this year. It has razed 134 buildings and continues to threaten another 4,200.

No deaths have been reported.

The ***** ignited at 2:52 p.m. Wednesday in the Chico area of Butte County and was

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pushing a burning car 60 feet into a gully.

Authorities on Thursday arrested 42-year-old Ronnie Dean Stout II on suspicion of arson. He was booked at Butte County Jail and is being held without bail. He is due to be arraigned Monday.

By Thursday,

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were in place for Butte County and nearby Tehama County.

In Butte County, 52,190 acres have burned, while 255,178 acres have burned in Tehama County.

The ***** has forced some 4,000 Butte County residents to evacuate their homes, calling to mind the deadly Camp *****, which ******* more than 85 people in 2018.

Lauri Schwein of Paradise, who lost her home in the Camp *****,

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she is ready to leave at a moment’s notice.

“I’m packing up; my dog, my cat. All I can do is wait and watch and hopefully get alerts,” she said.

Just three weeks earlier, Butte County was plagued by the Thompson *****, which burned through over 3,700 acres and destroyed more than two dozen homes and buildings.

“We are no strangers to evacuations in Butte County,” Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea said at a news conference Friday. “We are constantly looking for the earliest opportunity to get people back in.”

California has been subject to a hotter-than-usual June, and there has been an excess of fine fuels like grass, leaves and twigs from an unusually wet winter and spring, according to Cal *****. These factors have led to a more aggressive wildfire season than in previous years.

While the number of fires in the state is in line with the five-year average, the number of acres burned is much higher. Abnormally high temperatures persist in California translate to an even greater ***** risk for the rest of the year.

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