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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 brisk expansion of the Park Fire in late July was driven in large part by antecedent hot and dry conditions. [1] [2] [3] July of 2024 was California's hottest month ever recorded, stoked by a heatwave almost two weeks in duration focused on the interior of the state. [3]
The 2021 California wildfire season was a series of wildfires that burned across the U.S. state of California. By the end of 2021 a total of 8,835 fires were recorded, burning 2,568,948 acres (1,039,616 ha) across the state. [1] Approximately 3,629 structures were damaged or destroyed by the wildfires, and at least seven firefighters and two ...
The Dixie Fire exploded in size amid exceptional fire conditions, becoming the third-largest in California’s history by August 6.Dangerous weather fueled several fires in northern California ...
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.
The Mountain Fire began a little before 9am PST amid an episode of strong Santa Ana winds in Southern California. [3] The SPC outlined an "extremely critical" area on the Day 1 fire weather outlook, warning of very low relative humidity values below 20%, combined with strong offshore winds with gusts over 60 mph. [4] A particularly dangerous situation red flag warning was issued for November 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 ...
The 2020 California wildfire season, part of the 2020 Western United States wildfire season, was a record-setting year for wildfires in California. Over the course of the year, 8,648 fires burned 4,304,379 acres (1,741,920 ha), [1][2] more than four percent of the state's roughly 100 million acres of land, making 2020 the largest wildfire ...