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The Dixie Fire ravaging Northern California over the weekend has become the state’s second largest on record. Cal Fire, the state firefighting agency, on Sunday reported that the blaze, which has burned for 25 days, had burned more than 463,000 acres. Butte, Lassen, Plumas and Tehama Counties were affected, including the Lassen Volcanic National Park,… Continue reading Dixie Fire Is Now Second Largest in California History

The largest wildfire in California this year “catastrophically destroyed” the gold rush town of Greenville on Wednesday night, then forced the closure of a national park on Thursday while also chasing residents from their homes across the northern Sierra Nevada region. The Dixie Fire, now the sixth-largest blaze in the state’s modern history, has been… Continue reading Dixie Fire Wipes Out California Gold Rush Town of Greenville