Northern California wildfire expands to 45,550 acres in less than 24 hours

The Park Fire near Chico, one of more than two dozen wildfires burning in California, started Wednesday afternoon and quickly spread to more than 45,000 acres.

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A rapidly growing wildfire in Northern California forced evacuations after spreading overnight at an alarming rate. Evacuations were ordered in California’s Butte and Tehama counties as crews battled a fire reported near Chico just before 3 p.m. Wednesday.

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