California, the Park Fire is already the seventh worst in history

The Park Fire in California has already destroyed over 140 thousand hectares of land.And firefighters still only control a small part of it.

The mega fire named “Park Fire”, which has already devoured more than 360,000 acres of land in California (145 thousand hectares), made history as the seventh worst ever in the American state, as indicated by the public agency Cal Fire.This is a ranking drawn up since 1932, which for now sees the August Complex in first place, an immense fire caused by dozens of fires who joined in August of 2020 and caused the destruction of 418 thousand hectares.

The Park Fire broke out 150 kilometers from Sacramento

The Park Fire – which broke out on Wednesday 24 July in a rural and mountainous area of California, near the town of Chico, just under 150 kilometers from Sacrament – has already imposed the evacuation of four thousand people.The flames spread extremely quickly, destroying large areas of woodland in just a few hours Butte and Tehama counties.

As reported by the international press, the fire has already destroyed at least twenty homes.But the toll is probably destined to worsen, since the fire has not yet been put out by the firefighters.According to Cal Fire, only 10 percent the fire is currently under control.However, one hope comes from the weather conditions:as reported by the Washington Post, In fact, more humid air masses that could bring are expected precipitation and support the efforts of the firefighters.

“Like a small tornado of fire”

For now, however, the situation is dramatic.Daniel Swain, climatologist expert in extreme events, listened from the French newspaper Le Monde speaks of “a cloud of fire that rotates at a speed comparable to that of a small tornado”.

In the meantime, however, justice is also moving:In fact, there could be a malicious act at the origin of the Park Fire:the California authorities have in fact made it known that they have a 42-year-old man arrested, suspected of having started the fire by throwing a burning car into a ravine.