Flames consume a building as the Park Fire tears through California. Photo: AP
A wildfire that has tripled in size in one day, becoming California’s largest of the year even as other blazes scorched the Pacific Northwest, was started by a burning car, authorities said. They arrested a man who was seen pushing the blazing car into a gully.
The man was seen pushing the car in Bidwell Park in Northern California’s Butte County, and it burned completely, spreading flames that caused the Park Fire, county prosecutor Mike Ramsey said in a news release. The blaze had burned more than 666 square kilometres by early yesterday near Chico, a city of about 100,000.
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Publish date : 2024-07-26 21:30:00
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