Wildfire gained under 400 acres overnight. Cooling trend, winds arrive

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Wildfire gained under 400 acres overnight. Cooling trend, winds arrive

The Park ***** is still burning in Butte and Tehama counties after more than two weeks as crews continue working in high heat and challenging conditions to control the arson-caused blaze, now the fourth-largest in California history.

The ***** grew by less than 400 acres overnight to reach 429,118 acres on Saturday, the California Department of Forestry and ***** Protection said.

Containment also rose slightly, to 36%.”This ***** is difficult to contain due to near vertical terrain, limited ***** history and ***** and down fuel loading. Firefighters continue building direct line where possible and the ***** is still actively spotting,” Cal ***** said in its report early Saturday.

While temperatures are expected to cool over the weekend, “Crews are working in high heat and challenging conditions,” the agency said.

The Park ***** continues to grow in the Mill Creek area, although ***** crews have made “significant progress in building containment lines,” said Cal *****.

Cal ***** said crews are expecting a cooling trend to start this weekend and continue into next week, with temperatures falling “to near, or even a few degrees below, the seasonal norm.”

Daytime highs reached the mid-90s in lower elevations, while humidity levels rose to the 15-20% range, the agency’s report said.

Wind could gust to 20-25 mph on Sunday afternoon over part of the ***** area and “large diameter fuels will continue to *****, hampering control efforts,” according to the agency.

The Park ***** has destroyed 636 structures and damaged 49,

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. The ***** has also burned 113,022 acres on the Lassen National Forest.

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