Northern California’s Park Fire is now the eighth-largest wildfire in California history at 307,368 acres (480 square miles).
The fire has scorched an area about the size of Los Angeles. It is one of several blazes in the western United States and Canada burning amid dry, hot and windy conditions.
The Park Fire is the largest blaze so far this year in California. Meanwhile, Santa Barbara’s Lake Fire is 90% contained, authorities report.
That blaze reached 38,664 acres in size as of July 26, after starting Friday, July 5. Lake Fire response efforts have shifted from fire suppression to suppression repairs.
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