Man arrested over California fire sparked by burning car pushed into gully

A wildfire that has tripled in size in a day was started by a burning car, authorities said as they arrested a man who was seen pushing the vehicle into a gully.

The man was spotted in Bidwell Park in northern California’s Butte County, and it burned completely, spreading flames that caused the Park Fire, county prosecutor Mike Ramsey said in a news release.

The blaze had burned more than 257 square miles by early Friday near Chico, a city of about 100,000.

The man calmly left the area...