Lightning and a burning car pushed into a gully are blamed for wildfires scorching the West

Associated Press

Wildfires are continuing to scorch the West and authorities say one major blaze started with a burning car being pushed into a gully. A  42-year-old man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of starting a wildfire that has become California’s largest this year. The flames exploded a day earlier into what is now the Park Fire, which has scorched more than 110 square miles near the city of Chico, California. As evacuations continued there, some Oregon residents were cleared to return home after a thunderstorm dropped welcome rain but also potentially dangerous lightning on the biggest active blaze in the United States.