The largest active fire in the United States—known as the Park fire—continues to burn and spread in Northern California due to dry grass, timber, and steep terrain that makes firefighting efforts difficult, according to state fire officials.
Slightly lighter winds July 30 were expected to bring both benefits and challenges.
“It’s going to be advantageous for the fire behavior, but it’s going to affect how quickly the smoke moves out,” Brian Newman, assistant chief for California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire), said in a briefing July 30.
But he said that as the smoke dissipates, ground temperatures will increase and cause the fire to grow....
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