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A burning car pushed into a gully sparked California’s largest wildfire of the year. The blaze, named the Park Fire, began Wednesday and has scorched over 164,000 acres near Chico as of Friday morning.Evacuation orders were issued in Butte and Tehama counties as the fire's containment dropped from 3% to 0%.Some of the 3,000 evacuees are concerned about the fate of their homes as the Park Fire spreads rapidly, jumping roadways and burning structures in its path.
"There's been a lot of packing up, loading up, trying to get out as much as possible, being relieved home, but we'll see," one woman said. "This time might be the one. Lots of our neighbors have already lost their place."More than 1,600 firefighters from across the state, including firefighters from the San Francisco Fire Department, are battling the Park Fire.On Thursday, Butte County officials announced that a man was arrested for starting the blaze.
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