The male was then seen calmly leaving the area by blending in with the other citizens who were in the area and fleeing the rapidly evolving fire."
There's a tremendous amount of fuel out there and it's going to continue with this rapid pace,
As evidenced by the (Park) fire to the West, some of these fires are just absolutely exploding and burning at rates of spread that it is just hard to even imagine,
I think I felt like I was in danger because the police had come to our house because we had signed up for early evacuation warnings, and they were running to their vehicle after telling us that we need to self-evacuate and they wouldn't come back,
Now the question is, do I get a motel room and comfortable for one night? Or do I put gas in the car and sleep in here?"
This fire has been rapidly expanding 4,000 to 5,000 acres an hour,
It is a fire that is challenging our strategies, but we are finding opportunities to deploy our resources in successful ways,
You have to be prepared to go,
I would call its behavior extraordinary, ... that's not a good thing."
This is what's left of my house,
The Park Fire continues to burn very actively,
This county has seen time and time again where people have waited too long and they have lost their lives,
When a fire gets going and exhibits extreme fire behavior, the fire creates its own weather so it can produce severe thunderstorms with lightning and really gusty winds,
Today the Park Fire burned very actively with hot, dry weather over the region. The fire area is currently under a Red Flag Warning due to gusty winds and low humidity,
Southerly wind 15-20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph,
The fire quickly began to outpace our resources because of the dry fuels, the hot weather, the low humidities and the wind
People love to build their homes in the forest,
In several hours, the #ParkFire exploded from a 400-acre fire to a more than 71,000-acre inferno consuming everything in its path,
The car went down an embankment approximately 60 feet and burned completely, spreading flames that caused the Park Fire,
There is zero percent chance of rain in the forecast for the region,