Wildfires are continuing to scorch the Pacific Northwest and authorities say one major blaze started with a burning car being pushed into a gully.
A burning car pushed into a gully sparked California's largest wildfire of the year, authorities said Thursday as they announced the arrest of a suspect. Meanwhile other blazes scorched the Pacific Northwest.Flames from the fire the man is accused of starting exploded into what is now the Park Fire, which has burned more than 110 square miles near the city of Chico. Evacuations were ordered in Butte and Tehama counties, with the blaze only 3% contained by midday Thursday.
Idaho Power has for the first time instituted a pre-emptive power outage, shutting off electricity to thousands of customers to prevent new fire starts and other power grid issues from wires downed by the high winds, the utility said.In northern California, fire personnel were focusing on evacuations and defending structures while using bulldozers to build containment lines ahead of the Park Fire.
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