The Park Fire near Chico has already burned more acreage than any other California wildfire, surpassing the size of the Lake Fire in Santa Barbara County, even though it only erupted yesterday afternoon. Was this blaze caused by hot weather, a lightning strike, carelessness on the part of a park visitor, or orson?
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Park Fire
CAL FIRE
CAL FIRE IMT 3
3% Contained
45,550 Acres
1 County: Butte
https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2024/7/24/park-fire

Last Updated

07/25/2024 7:34 AM
Date Started
07/24/2024 2:52 PM
Location Information
Off Upper Park Road in Upper Bidwell Park, East of Chico
Latitude / Longitude
[39.7789,-121.76168]
Admin Unit
Unified Command: CAL FIRE Butte Unit & City of Chico Fire Department

Cause
Under Investigation

Situation Summary
The incident is under unified command with the City of Chico Fire Department as this incident started in Bidwell Park, a “mutual threat zone” area of Butte County. The fire is well established. Fire personnel are currently focusing on evacuations and structure defense while concurrently building direct containment lines utilizing bulldozers, fire crews and fire engines. More resources have been ordered and are inbound from various areas throughout Northern California.

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Mutual Threat Zone
A geographical area between two or more jurisdictions into which those agencies would respond on initial attack. Also called mutual response zone or initial action zone.
Source: nwcg.gov