The Park Fire is threatening structures in the town of Chico, California.
As California wildfire explodes to more than 45,000 acres, Oregon blaze becomes largest in the nationJuly 25, 2024, 1:00 PMFred Greaves/Reuters, destroying structures and prompting mass evacuations, an inferno sparked by a lightning strike last week near the Oregon-Idaho border is now the largest fire in the nation, authorities said.
The Park Fire was just 3% contained Thursday morning, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection . MORE: Record-breaking wildfires have occurred all over the Northern Hemisphere during 2023, new report finds The Baker County Sheriff's Office said evacuation orders for residents living in the fire zone, including all 500 residents of the town of Huntington.
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