Nearly three weeks after it broke out near Chico, the Park Fire had narrowed to 430,000 acres early Tuesday, and containment efforts continued to be slow. The fire, which started on July 24, had burned 429,263 acres of land in Butte and Tehama counties and the Lassen National Forest as of 7:30 p.m. Monday, according […]
The Park Fire in Northern California, the largest blaze in the country, is now 37% contained as firefighters continue to contend with hot, dry weather conditions. According to Cal Fire, the Park Fire has burned 429,188 acres of land as of Sunday morning. According to Cal Fire, fire behavior was moderate overnight. They said that, […]
TEHAMA COUNTY, Calif. — As the Park Fire continues to rage in the northeastern part of Tehama County, the Tehama County Sheriff’s Office and Cal Fire held a community meeting in Red Bluff on Friday to discuss the current status of the fire. The meeting began with an update from John Kreger, chief of the […]
CHICO, California — You never know what to expect when you lose everything. One Butte County man knows that, and he found help not from a government agency or nonprofit organization, but on the softball field. For Robert Dilts and his wife, senior softball was a godsend. They were enjoying a relaxing afternoon at their […]
The Park Fire continued to spread to communities in northeast Tehama County on Thursday. It has burned thousands of acres of mostly rural areas since it started July 24 in Chico’s Upper Bidwell Park. The Agricultural Pass Program allows some farmers and ranchers to access their properties during disasters such as wildfires, through House Bill […]
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (KUTV) — Firefighters from across the state of Utah are en route to California to help with the massive park fires in the northern part of the state. This latest deployment is part of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC), which responds to the needs of Western countries. The group of […]
MINERAL, California — On Tuesday, the Park Fire was just across the ridge from Mineral, but by Thursday of that week, the fire had already climbed the mountaintops and spread toward Mineral. The fire gas has been slowed by firefighters’ efforts, but has not yet been stopped. “There was activity in the Mill Creek watershed,” […]
