About to enter is sixth day, the Park Fire in Northern California has now scorched over 562 square miles, an area larger than the city of Los Angeles, and it is the sixth-largest wildfire in recorded California history.

Firefighters, nearly 4,900 of them at this point, made some progress in maintaining containment lines Sunday, and by Monday morning the total acreage of the fire was 368,256 — having grown at an explosive rate, more than doubling in size from 180,000 acres on Friday afternoon.

"The fire stayed active well into the night, especially on the ridges and upper slopes," Cal Fire said in an update. "During the early morning hours an increase in humidity caused the fire activity to moderate. Through the night, smoke blanketed the fire area, also causing some dampening of the activity."

Firefighters expect the fire to expand further on Monday, fueled by southwest winds. And Cal Fire says "fire crews will continue to re-open control lines from previous fires, where applicable, as well as establishing new lines and continuing to strengthen existing fire lines."

The Park Fire, burning primarily in Tehama County as well as in Butte County, is now threatening towns and dwellings in two other counties, Shasta and Plumas counties. Evacuation orders are in effect for parts of both, including the small Shasta County town of Shingletown, population 2,248, about 30 miles east of Redding.

One evacuee, Shingletown resident and Marin County native Kelly Lowe, tells KPIX she feels a "huge sense of displacement" because of "the possibility of losing not only my home but my place of employment and my community."

Residents of Paradise, in Butte County, are only under an evacuation warning, and Cal Fire officials say that containment efforts there, on the southern fronts of the Park Fire, have been going well.  The fire is also not expected to burn southward into Chico, which has a population of around 100,000 people.

The fire has drawn many comparisons to the Camp Fire six years ago, as the Associated Press reports.

"This fire is surprising a lot of people with its explosive growth," said Jay Tracy, a spokesperson for Cal Fire, speaking to the AP. "It is kind of unparalleled."

The town of Cohasset, population 847, which lies about 17 miles north-northeast of Chico and north-northwest of Paradise, saw significant destruction from the fire, but as Butte County Fire Chief Garrett Sjolund tells the AP, "We have an unburned island in that community that we are continuing to patrol and ensure that there are no hot spots in it."

The Park Fire has destroyed 109 structures to date, according to Cal Fire. That number was adjusted from a higher number reported on Friday, which was 132.

On Friday, Governor Gavin Newsom proclaimed a state of emergency for both Butte and Tehama counties, and announced on Saturday that federal funding had been secured for the firefight in both counties.

"This is already one of the biggest fires in California history, and we’re continuing to see dangerous conditions – our firefighters and emergency responders are working day and night to protect our communities," Newsom said in a statement. " Californians must heed warning from local authorities and take steps to stay safe."

On that note, the Chronicle reports today that a number of residents in the woods near Paradise, like those in the community of Forest Ranch, are refusing to evacuate despite being under evacuation orders. This is despite the fire coming within about 100 yards on Saturday.

"As much as we try to tell people it’s not safe, it’s not smart, that you can replace a house but you can’t replace a life, people still don’t listen and defy us," a Cal Fire spokesperson told the Chronicle four years ago, regarding holdouts during another dangerous fire.

But resident Lesli Kostiz tells the Chronicle that it was "excruciating" living through a 10-day evacution during the Camp Fire, not knowing whether their log cabin in Forest Ranch had survived or not. And they've decided not to evacuate unless the fire jumps Highway 32 — the road that Cal Fire has been trying to maintain as a containment line, which is not far from their home.

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