Park Fire scorches over 360,000 acres in Northern California, 12% contained

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Thousands of firefighters are battling the ever-growing ‘park fire’ in Northern California on Sunday (July 28) after the blaze more than doubled in size in a 24-hour span over the weekend.   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Thousands of firefighters are battling the ever-growing Park Fire in Northern California

00:07on Sunday after the blaze more than doubled in size in a 24-hour span over the weekend.

00:13The blaze had burned more than 360,000 acres about 90 miles north of the state capital

00:19city of Sacramento as of Sunday evening.

00:23Firefighters could be seen lighting backfires Sunday afternoon as cooler temperatures and

00:28more humid air are potentially helping efforts to slow the spread of the fire, which was

00:3412 percent contained as of Sunday evening.

00:38The fire has destroyed 134 structures.

00:42Evacuation orders and warnings were issued for multiple communities in several counties,

00:48including a warning for Paradise, the town that was devastated by the 2018 Camp Fire.

00:54A man was arrested on Thursday on suspicion that he started the Park Fire by pushing a

00:59flaming car into a gully on Wednesday afternoon.

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