The Chico Park Fire spans 6,465 acres.
Multiple fires are still blazing through California, with folks in Butte and Tehama counties forced to evacuate because of a park fire spanning 6,465 acres.This blaze, near Upper Bidwell Park, east of Chico, ignited just before 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Cal Fire said, before it spread and triggered both mandatory orders and evacuation warnings for different areas.
This year, there have been 4,303 wildfires battled in the state, which have killed at least one civilian, burned 286,925 acres, damaged 53 structures and destroyed 113. In total, 339,183 emergency responses have taken place.Lake Fire in Santa Barbara, the biggest blaze which started on July 5, spans 38,664 acres but is now 90 percent contained. This fire alone has caused seven injuries, destroyed four buildings and damaged one.
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