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The Park Fire had burned more than 350,000 acres (141,640
hectares) about 90 miles (144 km) north of the state capital
city of Sacramento as of Saturday evening, according to the
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal
Fire.
Cooler temperatures and more humid air were expected in the
region, potentially helping efforts to slow the spread of the
fire, which was 10% contained as of Saturday evening. The fire
has destroyed 134 structures, authorities said.
Evacuation orders and warnings were issued for multiple
communities in several counties, including a warning for
Paradise, the town that was devastated by the 2018 Camp Fire,
the deadliest in the state's history.
U.S. President Joe Biden has been briefed on the fire and has
directed his team to do everything possible to support efforts
to fight it, a White House official said.
A man was arrested on Thursday on suspicion that he started the
Park Fire by pushing a flaming car into a gully on Wednesday
afternoon.
The fire was the largest of dozens of active blazes across the
country that have burned more than 2 million acres, according to
the National Interagency Fire Center.
In Oregon, several fires were burning, including the Durkee
Fire, which had scorched more than 288,000 acres in the eastern
part of the state, authorities said.
A firefighter died after a single-engine tanker crashed near the
Falls Fire in southeastern Oregon, the U.S. Forest Service said
in a statement on Friday.
(Reporting by Joseph Ax and Andrea Shalal;Editing by Sandra
Maler and Michael Perry)
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