The Park Fire is the biggest wildfire in the nation right now.
Flames quickly grow as firefighters set a backfire on the eastern front of the Park Fire, which has grown to 360,141 acres and is 12 percent contained, on July 28, 2024 near Chico, California.in California history, the Park Fire in Northern California, continued to rage Monday morning, racing across four counties and threatening more than 4,200 structures as thousands of firefighters struggled to increase containment lines, officials said.
More than 100 structures have been confirmed destroyed, and at least five others damaged, according to CAL FIRE. There have been no reports of deaths or people unaccounted for, officials said. "We left everything behind, all personal belongings, all of the enclosures, all the supplies," Orozco told ABC News, adding that she was able to save all of her animals but lost her home and business.Flames quickly grow as firefighters set a backfire on the eastern front of the Park Fire, which has grown to 360,141 acres and is 12 percent contained, on July 28, 2024 near Chico, California.
"This proactive approach aims to safeguard the communities and ecological and cultural resources that may be at risk from the fire," CAL FIRE said in its statement. Russell said the fire burned up to this property line but was stopped by firefighters who cut a fire line around his land with a bulldozer to save his barn and cattle.
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