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Park Fire Trial: Evidence and Defense | Chico News
The Park Fire trial heats up as Ronnie Stout faces charges for allegedly igniting California’s fourth-largest wildfire in 2024—burning over 400,000 acres. Prosecutors present damning evidence: security footage of Stout buying alcohol the day the fire started, plus witnesses describing him as intoxicated and disruptive in Bidwell Park. A key witness claims they saw Stout revving his engine before flames erupted, while another recounts a harrowing moment where he appeared to push his stuck car—though the defense questions the reliability of that account. With a possible 25-year-to-life sentence…
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