PREVIEW

Park Wildfire Devastates Northern California. The Park Fire is one of the largest in California’s history - and had burnt through 383,000 acres as of Tuesday 30 July 2024. According to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire), the blaze has reached 383,619 acres and is currently 14% contained. The fire's expanse, which covers approximately 600 square miles, is nearly half the size of Rhode Island, more than 12 times larger than San Francisco, and bigger than Los Angeles. A burning car pushed into a gully in Northern California less than a week ago is believed to have ignited the blaze - which has grown from 25 to 30 July. The fire has impacted four counties: Butte, Plumas, Shasta, and Tehama, with Tehama experiencing the most significant damage. Fortunately, no injuries or fatalities have been reported among civilians or firefighters. Imagery from the NOAA’s GOES satellites, put together as a video, has also captured the spread of the fire, showing how it tore into the northern California landscape. CalFire described the initial rapid expansion of the fire, which covered tens and then hundreds of thousands of acres. The fire has produced fire tornadoes and reached Lassen Volcanic National Park, which is now closed.