The Park fire in Butte County — already the largest blaze in California this year — exploded to more than 164,000 acres by Friday morning, with its rapid spread forcing more evacuation warnings.
The growth of the fire over two days amid steady winds and hot temperatures has been dramatic, with its remote location making it difficult to fight. It was listed at 164,286 acres Friday morning and 3% contained.
Conditions on the ground are going to continue to be a challenge, forecasters say.
Why did the guy start the fire though. It says that he pushed a burning car into a valley to start the fire but what possible motive could someone have for intentionally doing that?
Maybe he was going through a divorce, and the wife wanted the car?
Whatever the reason the guy is absolutely fucked.
Absent diminished capacity in some important way… This shows reckless disregard for life, liberty, livelihoods, and homes.
Entire families will now be uprooted and people are likely to die when a fire becomes a conflagration. If a single person dies, firefighter or person who could have evacuated… It goes back to this guy.
He is fucked. And he should be.
Possible? Mental illness. Delusion. Anxiety. Impulse control.
Even normal people are nuts.
People are breaking from the state of the world we have to live in. It’s slowly getting worse but it feels the pace is picking up. I’ve stopped trying to figure out what they’re thinking and just accept something broke them.