California's Park Fire grows to 300K acres, destroys homes, forces evacuations

The Park Fire has burned 307,369 acres as of Saturday morning with still no containment. The fire grew exponentially late Friday into Saturday morning due to steep terrain and high winds. The fire has forced evacuations in multiple Northstate counties.

At least 134 structures have been destroyed, according to Cal Fire's Incident updates. So far, there have been no injuries or fatalities reported.

Thousands of people have had to pack up and leave their homes. Clay Ferguson lost his home in the fire, but said he was able to save all the animals from his nearby business.

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