Dixie Fire in California Continue to wreak havoc in Golden State, reaching a historic level, with no end in sight in the short term.As of Sunday, the fire in Northern California has reached 463,477 acres, Making it the second largest wildfire in the history of the state. This is higher than the nearly 435,000 acres reported on Friday night.
The Dixie fire is currently spreading to Butte, Lassen, Plumas and Tehama counties near Chico.according to California Fire Department official website, Which will be tracked since July 14.
By Wednesday, the fire had burned most of the town of Greenville. Firefighters said that as the fire spread to the vicinity of the Crescent Mills community, there are currently approximately 14,000 buildings at risk.
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As the Dixie fire spread further and rapidly, evacuation orders continued to be issued. Fire officials said that the high temperature and historically low humidity contributed to the speed of the fire.Officials emphasized that each of these factors The impact of climate change And it may get worse in the future.
The worst wildfires in California history occurred in the past few years. The Dixie fire is second only to the August combined fire that broke out last year and burned more than 1 million acres.
Edwin Zuniga, a spokesperson for the California Fire Department, said: “We have seen fire activities that even experienced firefighters have never seen in their careers.” Washington post“So we are just in truly uncharted territory.”
The large amount of smoke produced by the fire made it more difficult for the crew to fight from the air, which caused it to spread more. More than 5,000 responders are working hard to put out the fire, but only 21% are still under control, and will be completely under control in a few weeks.
The silver lining is that, despite Dixie’s historic scale, its death and destruction are not as high as those of smaller fires in the past. To date, Dixie has destroyed or destroyed hundreds of buildings and no deaths have been reported. In 2018, the smaller campfire It killed 85 people and burned about 18,000 buildings, effectively destroying the entire town of Paradise.
“Everything in our lives is upside down,” Desiree Maurer told reporters postalShe was recently evacuated from the town of Westwood near Greenville. “And our situation is very good. There are people in their car now, and they don’t know where to go.”
