California’s largest wildfire spreads threatening 1000’s of properties

An enormous wildfire in California is spreading quickly at a charge of eight sq. miles an hour, threatening 1000’s of properties and forcing folks to flee.

More than 130 properties have already been destroyed by the Park Fire, the state’s largest wildfire of the yr up to now, which lined 480sq miles (1,243sq km) on Friday night.

It began in Butte County on Wednesday and has been transferring rapidly north and eastwards since then. A 42-year-old man has been arrested in reference to the hearth over studies he pushed a burning automotive right into a gully in Chico earlier than fleeing the scene.

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