The Latest: Historic footbridge destroyed in California fire
PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on the California wildfires (all times local):
11:15 a.m.
A celebrated 132-year-old Gold Rush-era wooden footbridge in Butte County is among the losses from a devastating Northern California wildfire.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the 238-foot (73-meter) Honey Run Covered Bridge near Chico was leveled in the in the fire that ripped through the area late Thursday. All that's left are charred wooden beams, rippled sheet metal and red steel beams protruding from concrete.
The newspaper says it is the only three-span truss bridge of its kind in the United States.