Major Fire Near Chico California

Well shoot.
In just a few hours it’s over 100,000 acres!!
My old town of Paradise is once again evacuating.
It jumped Hwy 32 and is now eating up vegetation to the South.
 
We just left Calgary yesterday . The town of Jasper and Jasper NP has been hit with wildfires also . Everyone , including the firefighters were evacuated . Drove from Calgary to Regina in the smoke and 104 temps . :eek:
 
MrWhoopee said:
The smoke started coming in last night. Really heavy today, sunlight is orange, ash falling like rain and swirling in the breeze.
The fire is 70 miles south, but it's another reminder.
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At 4:30 this morning we are at 164,000 acres. The winds are holding steady blowing smoke up to Mr. Whoopee.
Sorry bud.
 
Less smoky this morning. Fire appears to be about 25 miles south of us. Fortunately no wind. We have the Ponderosa (2012) burn scar between us and the fire, and SPI cut a firebreak around our neighborhood a few months ago. Going to be packing some stuff. I'll get really concerned if it crosses Hwy 36.
 
woodchucker said:
They're everywhere. Lots of mentally unstable and/or evil beings.
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He seems like real piece of........Work.

Yeah, work.



Ronnie Dean Stout II was arrested after he was seen pushing a car that was on fire into a gully near the Alligator Hole in upper Bidwell Park shortly before 3 p.m. on Wednesday. That was around the same time the Park Fire sparked.

Butte County DA Mike Ramsey said the vehicle belonged to Stout's mother.

A photo released by the DA's office showed a vehicle and the nearby vegetation largely scored.

Man started Park Fire in Butte County with burning car, officials say

Butte County District Attorney

Ramsey said Stout was "seen calmly leaving the area by blending in with other citizens were in the area and fleeing the rapidly evolving fire." Cal Fire arson investigators and the DA's office eventually identified him and a judge issued a warrant for his arrest. He was arrested at 2 a.m. at his mobile home.

Stout has two previous "strike" felony convictions, the DA's office said. In 2001, he was convicted of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14 in Butte County. In 2002, he was convicted of robbery with great bodily injury in Kern County. After the second conviction, he was sentenced to the state prison for 20 years.

He was later arrested for a DUI in 2020.

“It is maddening that we’re here again,” Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea said. “It is particularly maddening that this fire was caused by an individual.”
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At 3:30 this afternoon the park fire is 178,000 acres with zero containment.
That’s in 24 hours!

Holy cow, 4-5,000 acres per hour

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