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The Bidwell Mansion, a California State Park, was engulfed in flames around 3 a.m. on Wednesday, Chico Fire Department Deputy Chief of Operations Chris Zinko told USA TODAY.
A 30-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of deliberately starting a fire that ravaged the Bidwell Mansion, an iconic landmark in Chico and the former home of the city's founder.
It's now California's largest blaze of the year. ... was seen around 3 p.m. Wednesday pushing the car about 60 feet down an embankment in the city's Bidwell Park, ... it had burned across 71,000 ...
Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park was a historic building with surrounding land in Chico, California, United States.It is listed as a California Historical Landmark #329 under the name "Rancho Chico And Bidwell Adobe" in 1939; [2] and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places under the name "Bidwell Mansion" on March 24, 1972. [3]
Firefighters have contained just 3% of the 120,312-acre (188 square miles) blaze, dubbed the Park Fire, burning across Butte and Tehama counties after sparks ignited Wednesday in the open spaces ...
Bidwell Park is within Chico’s city boundaries but the fire is threatening Cal Fire’s jurisdiction as well. The fire broke out around 2:45 p.m. and quickly grew from 40 acres to 500 acres ...
The house was nearly complete in 1913, but before the Londons got to move in, the house burnt down on August 22 of that year. The ruins still stand today. [13] Losses were estimated at $35,000 to $40,000 but the Londons collected only $10,000 in insurance claims. They pledged to rebuild the house and workers began drying redwood logs in ...
Tara is a fictional plantation in the state of Georgia, in the historical novel Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell.In the story, Tara is located 5 miles (8 km) from Jonesboro (originally spelled Jonesborough), in Clayton County, on the east side of the Flint River about 20 miles (32 km) south of Atlanta.