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The 2021 Dixie Fire was an enormous wildfire in Butte, Plumas, Lassen, Shasta, and Tehama counties in Northern California. [4] Named after a nearby Dixie Road, [5] the fire began in the Feather River Canyon near Cresta Dam in Butte County on July 13, 2021, and burned 963,309 acres (389,837 ha) before it was declared 100 percent contained on October 25, 2021. [6]
The Dixie Fire’s rapid jump in acreage slowed on August 9, local reports said, as efforts continued to contain the destructive Californian blaze.The Dixie Fire is the second largest wildfire in ...
Fire cloud produced by the Dixie Fire, which became the largest single (non-complex) wildfire in California history by August 6, 2021 Firefighters setting a prescribed fire on January 27, 2021 near Ant Canyon in Kern County Fire retardant and smoldering brush in the Tumbleweed Fire north of Los Angeles in July 2021
The Dixie Fire Collaborative, which draws about 150 people to its monthly meetings at Greenville Elementary School, has drawn inspiration from other communities that have suffered disaster. Weber ...
The Dixie Fire had grown to more than 463,000 acres, or 724 square miles (1,876 square kilometers), as of 9 a.m. (1600 GMT)on Sunday morning and was 21% contained, according to state fire officials.
During the 2021 Dixie Fire, local hospitals were overwhelmed by patients with respiratory and cardiovascular issues, highlighting a lack of preparedness for surges. [66] To mitigate this, healthcare systems in fire-prone areas have a focus on implementing surge capacity plans, stockpiling medical supplies and ensuring staff training on wildfire ...
The Dixie Fire ablaze in Northern California's Butte and Plumas counties has burned more than 181,000 acres as of Sunday morning. The fire, which has been active since last week, was only 20% ...
The California wildfire is now the largest wildfire in the U.S., growing to more than 432,800 acres overnight.