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Animation shows how California's Park Fire quickly grew to become one of the largest in state history

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The Park Fire has scorched over 429,200 acres across four counties in California .

The fire started July 24 in Bidwell Park in Chico , just miles from the town of , which was decimated in the 2018 Camp Fire , the deadliest in state history.

By Aug. 2just nine days after it ignited — it was among the top four largest wildfires in California history.

A new map from CBS News' data team shows how it quickly grew.

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77

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77

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26

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formal

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English

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40

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short-lived

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