CALIFORNIA: The largest wildfire in the US swelled to nearly 600 square miles on Tuesday (Jul 30) morning, bigger th
A vehicle passes firefighters standing by the road as the Park Fire burns, near Jonesville, California, US, Jul 28, 2024. , fire officials in California said, as thousands of firefighters battled the blaze in a remote wilderness area north of Sacramento.
, burning in the state's Central Valley, about 90 miles north of Sacramento, the capital. The fire grew to 383,600 acres , becoming the sixth-largest wildfire in Californian history. The weather brings only a slight chance of a stray thunderstorm on Tuesday, said Ashton Robinson Cook, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. After that, no rain is in sight, and hot and extremely dry will prevail, he said.
The Park Fire, which was only 14 per cent contained on Tuesday, has forced the evacuation of more than 4,000 people and destroyed or damaged more than 100 structures, fire officials said. No injuries or deaths were reported.The man charged with starting the Park Fire, allegedly by pushing a flaming car down a Butte County gully last Wednesday, was formally charged with arson on Monday, but awaits additional charges, officials said.
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