California's largest forest fire thus far this 12 months

Posted by enzo2go July 28, 2024

FOREST RANCH, Calif. (AP) — Thousands of firefighters battling a Northern California wildfire are getting some help from the weather just hours after the blaze broke out, ravaging an area larger than Los Angeles. Officials said Saturday that lower temperatures and better humidity could help slow the Park Fire, the most important blaze in California thus far this 12 months. The blaze's intensity and dramatic spread prompted fire officials to attract unwelcome comparisons to the monstrous Paradise fire in 2018, which killed 85 people and torched 11,000 homes. Paradise was again near the danger zone. The entire town was under an evacuation warning Saturday, certainly one of several Butte County communities hit by such a warning.

Grant Douglas pauses during the evacuation as the Park Fire jumps Highway 36 near Paynes Creek in Tehama County, Calif., Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Grant Douglas pauses throughout the evacuation because the Park Fire jumps Highway 36 near Paynes Creek in Tehama County, Calif., Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Flames leap over fire engines as the Park Fire jumps Highway 36 near Paynes Creek in Tehama County, Calif., Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Flames leap over fire engines because the Park Fire jumps Highway 36 near Paynes Creek in Tehama County, Calif., Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Flames consume a vehicle as the Park Fire rages in Tehama County, Calif., Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Flames eat a vehicle because the Park Fire rages in Tehama County, Calif., Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
A property is engulfed in flames as the Park Fire continues to burn near Paynes Creek in unincorporated Tehama County, California, on July 26, 2024. A massive, fast-spreading and rapidly growing wildfire in Northern California has forced more than 4,000 people to evacuate as firefighters battle gusty winds and dangerously dry conditions, authorities said July 26. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP) (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)
A property is engulfed in flames because the Park Fire continues to rage near Paynes Creek in unincorporated Tehama County, California, on July 26, 2024. An enormous, fast-spreading and rapidly growing wildfire in Northern California has forced greater than 4,000 people to evacuate as firefighters battle gusty winds and dangerously dry conditions, authorities said July 26. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP) (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)
Fire trucks drive through flames raging across Highway 36 as the Park Fire continues to rage near Paynes Creek in unincorporated Tehama County, California, on July 26, 2024. A massive, fast-spreading and rapidly growing wildfire in Northern California has forced more than 4,000 people to evacuate as firefighters battle gusty winds and dangerously dry conditions, authorities said July 26. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP) (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)
Fire trucks drive through flames sweeping across Highway 36 because the Park Fire continues to rage near Paynes Creek in unincorporated Tehama County, California, on July 26, 2024. An enormous, fast-spreading and rapidly growing wildfire in Northern California has forced greater than 4,000 people to evacuate as firefighters battle gusty winds and dangerously dry conditions, authorities said July 26. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP) (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)
Andrea Douglas holds her head while being evacuated as the Park Fire jumps Highway 36 near Paynes Creek in Tehama County, Calif., Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Andrea Douglas holds her head while being evacuated because the Park Fire jumps Highway 36 near Paynes Creek in Tehama County, Calif., Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Flames blaze as the Park Fire spreads to Highway 36 near Paynes Creek in Tehama County, Calif., Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Flames blaze because the Park Fire spreads to Highway 36 near Paynes Creek in Tehama County, Calif., Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
TOPSHOT - A property is engulfed in flames as the Park Fire continues to rage near Paynes Creek in unincorporated Tehama County, California, on July 26, 2024. A massive, fast-spreading and rapidly growing wildfire in Northern California has forced more than 4,000 people to evacuate as firefighters battle gusty winds and dangerously dry conditions, authorities said July 26. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP) (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)
TOPSHOT – A property is engulfed in flames because the Park Fire continues to burn near Paynes Creek in unincorporated Tehama County, California, on July 26, 2024. An enormous, fast-spreading and rapidly growing wildfire in Northern California has forced greater than 4,000 people to evacuate as firefighters battle gusty winds and dangerously dry conditions, authorities said July 26. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP) (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)
Firefighters watch from their buggy as the Park Fire jumps Highway 36 near Paynes Creek in Tehama County, Calif., Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Firefighters watch from their buggy because the Park Fire jumps Highway 36 near Paynes Creek in Tehama County, Calif., Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

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