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Wicked Blue

(6,437 posts)
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 03:32 PM Jul 25

Man pushing burning car into ravine started Park Fire, burning over 70,000 acres in California, officials say

Source: NBC

A 42-year-old man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of arson for allegedly pushing a burning car into a ravine that sparked the massive Park Fire, an ongoing blaze that has burned more than 70,000 acres in California, authorities said.

The man from Chico, California, who was not identified, was arrested after he was seen pushing a car that was on fire into a gully near a swimming hole in Bidwell Park shortly before 3 p.m. on Wednesday, according to a statement from Butte County District Attorney Michael L. Ramsey.

“The car went down an embankment approximately 60 feet and burned completely, spreading flames that caused the Park Fire,” he said.

Butte County is about 80 miles north of Sacramento. The blaze has been named the Park Fire and is now California's largest active wildfire.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-pushing-burning-car-ravine-started-park-fire-burning-45000-acres-c-rcna163697

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Man pushing burning car into ravine started Park Fire, burning over 70,000 acres in California, officials say (Original Post) Wicked Blue Jul 25 OP
Stupid is as stupid does.... Bayard Jul 25 #1
WTF IronLionZion Jul 25 #2
Deliberately?! There are more efficient ways to wreck yourself Grokenstein Jul 25 #3
I'm walking here! JoseBalow Jul 25 #19
Plead guilty. Taxpayers are already stuck oasis Jul 25 #4
This man has no respect for people's lives, or the land. Throw the book at him!! riversedge Jul 25 #5
Prefer to push in the book sideways Traurigkeit Jul 25 #7
It's an intentional criminal act ... Tarzanrock Jul 25 #6
Geeeeebz, Hideous! Get that effer! Bad enough when it's a natural cause. So sorry, Californians. electric_blue68 Jul 25 #8
The area burning had a high fuel load pfitz59 Jul 25 #9
A burning house is seen as Park Fire burns near Chico, California, July 25, 2024 riversedge Jul 25 #10
It's astonishing how much destruction one jerk can cause Wicked Blue Jul 25 #11
Stupid people are often more dangerous that criminals and psychos. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 25 #16
Right? It's so messed up. What a world we live in. LymphocyteLover Jul 26 #25
throw the goddamn book at this fuck..... bahboo Jul 25 #12
Butte County!??? Lulu KC Jul 25 #13
I have a cabin Mz Pip Jul 25 #14
Sick-Sick-Sick!!!! ailsagirl Jul 25 #15
A lady filmed him as he was walking away after he did the deed wolfie001 Jul 25 #17
This news video has some of it IronLionZion Jul 25 #20
lock him up until all the damage is erased moonshinegnomie Jul 25 #18
The guy has a record Lulu KC Jul 26 #21
annual ritual nealr Jul 26 #22
If even one person dies, these arsonists must be charged with homicide.nt Wicked Blue Jul 26 #29
Over 140,000 acres and growing pfitz59 Jul 26 #23
Over 164 thousand and growing as of 5 am Friday calikid Jul 26 #24
Ronnie Dean Stout II has been duncang Jul 26 #26
We really need to know why he did this jmowreader Jul 26 #27
Such a beautiful area kimbutgar Jul 26 #28

Grokenstein

(5,784 posts)
3. Deliberately?! There are more efficient ways to wreck yourself
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 03:45 PM
Jul 25
After pushing the car into the gully, the man was seen “calmly leaving the area by blending in with other citizens who were in the area and fleeing the rapidly evolving fire,” Ramsey said.

Tum-de-dumm, just mindin' my own business...

Tarzanrock

(284 posts)
6. It's an intentional criminal act ...
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 04:10 PM
Jul 25

... it isn't stupidity. Arson is a major felony and this criminal should be punished appropriately with the maximum prison sentence and no parole.

pfitz59

(10,696 posts)
9. The area burning had a high fuel load
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 04:27 PM
Jul 25

No fires in many years. It will burn hot. Chico is safe, but Cohasset will likely disappear.

riversedge

(71,919 posts)
10. A burning house is seen as Park Fire burns near Chico, California, July 25, 2024
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 04:46 PM
Jul 25









Officials charge man for starting California wildfire that has burned more than 71,000 acres

The Park Fire is threatening structures in the town of Chico, California.
By Bill Hutchinson
July 25, 2024, 2:11 PM


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Smoke and flame rise from Park Fire burning near Chico, California, July 25, 2024.
Fred Greaves/Reuters





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A burning house is seen as Park Fire burns near Chico, California, July 25, 2024.
Fred Greaves/Reuters

Lulu KC

(3,002 posts)
13. Butte County!???
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 05:47 PM
Jul 25

That's where the Paradise Camp Fire was several years ago. Terrible. If I may channel my mother for a moment, "WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE?"

Mz Pip

(27,652 posts)
14. I have a cabin
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 06:29 PM
Jul 25

At Lake Almanor. First there was the Camp Fire that destroyed Paradise, then the Dixie Fire that burned nearly a million acres and now this. These fires have a been a disaster for the communities. The hits just keep on coming.

wolfie001

(3,002 posts)
17. A lady filmed him as he was walking away after he did the deed
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 09:34 PM
Jul 25

A white dude. She was very brave and she called the police. She posted it on TikTok. I should've saved it. I might try to track it down.



This is the guy. I don't know how to imbed this video but it's on TikTok. She was understandably very upset. He threatened many lives. Def not a Democratic voter.

moonshinegnomie

(2,818 posts)
18. lock him up until all the damage is erased
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 09:54 PM
Jul 25

if it takes 100 years then he gets to spend the rest of his life as a guest of the state

nealr

(40 posts)
22. annual ritual
Fri Jul 26, 2024, 02:46 AM
Jul 26

I've lived in NorCal for the last eight years and this is an annual ritual. Every year some balloon head does something vaguely arson-ish, and then we all get to spend a month breathing wildfire smoke. That one had really fouled the air here in the East Bay last tonight, tonight the PurpleAir map shows a predominance of green over yellow green (25 - 50 PMI2.5) readings, and I've got the whole house open after a day that nearly reached 100F.

It'll be interesting to see what the final determination is on this. Body in the trunk? Trying to fake his own death? Out of a job and just trying to collect on insurance but make it look like someone else stole/torched the car? Nothing to do but wait and see ...

pfitz59

(10,696 posts)
23. Over 140,000 acres and growing
Fri Jul 26, 2024, 03:20 AM
Jul 26

Burned up the small community of Cohasset. A friend had a cabin there. Spent many happy days hiking the dense forests. Area had not burned in decades. Lots of fuel.

jmowreader

(51,084 posts)
27. We really need to know why he did this
Fri Jul 26, 2024, 08:30 AM
Jul 26

Fortunately, he's got two strike convictions already...so when he's found guilty of this he'll be working in the prison mess hall at San Quentin until he dies.

kimbutgar

(22,368 posts)
28. Such a beautiful area
Fri Jul 26, 2024, 09:37 AM
Jul 26

I went to college at CSU Chico in the 70’s and that area in Bidwell park was so gorgeous. I can’t imagine it being destroyed by fire. I hope that a hole is jailed the rest of his life and whatever assets he has are seized.

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