Park fire: California wildfire tears through 5,000 acres an hour

It is the seventh largest fire ever recorded in the state, and is only 10% contained.

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The Park fire, which started on Wednesday in a suspected arson attack, has burned more than 350,000 acres of land north-east of Chico, and was only 10% contained as of Sunday morning, the state's fire agency Cal Fire said.

About 3,700 firefighters are battling the blaze, which has been fuelled by steep terrain and wind gusts.

A 42-year-old man was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of starting the fire by rolling a burning car into a gully near Alligator Hole in Butte County.

It is now the largest fire in the state this year, and the seventh largest ever recorded in California. It has consumed an area more than 1.5 times the size of New York City’s five boroughs.

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