The Park Fire has now burned over 307,000 acres since Wednesday afternoon. No containment: Fire crews actually lost ground with this fire.
Southerly winds, which are not common, is probably the only thing that has saved Chico, CA thus far.
We have an elderly friend who was going to housesit up in that area. The owners weren’t going to do much more than cover her gas cost up there: she didn’t go. The house no longer exists.