Prosecutors allege the fire started when Ronnie Stout sent his mother’s car ablaze 60 feet down an embankment near Alligator Hole in Chico’s Upper Bidwell Park. That gave the fire its match to ...

The fire broke out near Upper Park Road in Bidwell Park just before 3 p.m. Initially reported as five acres, the blaze — pushed by a south wind with gusts up to 24 miles per hour — had spread ...

The 156-year-old Bidwell Mansion, a Victorian gem in Chico, was reduced to ruins by a devastating fire on Dec. 11, 2024. Tuesday, officials confirmed the blaze was an act of arson, launching an ...

The Park Fire sparked in Upper Bidwell on July 24and has since grown to nearly 430,000 acres, with 45% containment. As containment continues to increase and ev. KRCR Chico-Redding.

Cal Fire said the Park Fire was the result of suspected arson and ignited around 3 p.m. Wednesday in the Upper Bidwell Park area, about four miles northeast of Chico's city center, in Butte County.

Chicoan Joshua Clark starts his hike along Upper Park Road in upper Bidwell Park on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024 in Chico, California. Clark was very happy to be able to return to the park after it was ...

The Park Fire burn scar in upper Bidwell Park is seen Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024 from Highway 32 near Chico, California. (Dan Reidel/Enterprise-Record) Show Caption. 1 of 3.

The fire burned 1,032,648 acres from Aug. 16 through Nov. 11, 2020. The Park Fire, which is now 34% contained, would need to burn an additional 630,908 acres to match the August Complex Fire ...

A wildfire broke out near Upper Bidwell Park in Chico on Wednesday afternoon and is growing at a “moderate pace,” Cal Fire officials said. Rick Carhart, spokesperson for Cal Fire’s Butte ...

The Park Fire in Butte and Tehama counties is now close to 421,000 acres, officials said. Skip to content. ... The fire began July 24 at Bidwell Park, a park at the edge of Chico.

The Park Fire started just before 3 p.m. Wednesday on the eastern edge of Bidwell Park in Chico and pushed into the Ishi Wilderness. Capt. Dan Collins, a spokesperson for Cal Fire, said the fire ...

A northern California blaze dubbed the Park Fire, has burned over 400,000 acres of land after a man allegedly pushed a torched car down a gully in Chico's upper Bidwell Park.