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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.
Ruins of Bidwell Mansion after a fire on December 11, 2024. In the early morning on December 11, 2024, a fire swept the mansion. It was reported that the top tower collapsed at 4:05 a.m. [10] Arson was determined as the cause of the fire. [11] [5] The mansion had been closed for renovations since early 2024, with plans to reopen in March 2025. [12]
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.
The Park Fire began near Upper Park Road in upper Bidwell Park approximately four miles (6.4 km) northeast of downtown Chico, within city limits. [8] [9] Bidwell Park is a large municipal park and recreational area that stretches from Chico itself into the foothills of the Sierra Nevada.
A 42-year-old man was arrested Thursday and accused of pushing a burning car into a ravine that sparked the massive Park Fire, an ongoing blaze that has burned more than 120,000 acres in ...
A view from one of the canyon walls in Bidwell Park in Chico, California, showing some of the areas burned by the Park Fire. Bidwell Park is a municipal park located in Chico, California . The park was established July 10, 1905, through the donation by Annie Bidwell , widow of Chico's founder, John Bidwell , of approximately 2,500 acres (1,000 ...
A fire expert called it a “freak of nature chance” that California’s fifth largest fire could have been thwarted by a burn he ... noting that fires are especially common in Bidwell Park, the ...
Bidwell sold Rancho Colus, then acquired Rancho Arroyo Chico in two separate purchases. In 1849, McKinstry sold to Bidwell an undivided half of the rancho. The following year he sold the other half interest to his brother-in-law Justus McKinstry, [5] who sold it over to Bidwell in 1851. [6]