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BUTTE COUNTY (AP/CBS13) — The latest on the Dixie Fire impacting Butte, Plumas, and Lassen counties. The fire remains at 65 percent contained, having burned 960,213 acres. Overnight, Cal Fire ...
Cal Fire on Tuesday announced that the Dixie Fire — the second-largest wildfire in California history — was caused by a tree coming into contact with Pacific Gas and Electric equipment.
A federal judge is demanding more details from PG&E about their role in starting the Dixie Fire, as well as all other wildfires this season.
9:45 p.m. Dixie Fires consumes another 12,000 acres; some Greenville residents to return Sunday The Dixie Fire destroyed another 12,000 acres on Saturday, reaching 717,308 acres by 7 p.m.
The Dixie Fire surpassed 244,000 acres total burned Saturday in remote Northern California as crews braced for hot weather and the threat of thunderstorms through the weekend.
7:30 p.m.: Containment inches up for Dixie Fire Containment of the Dixie Fire crept up to 56% percent Saturday night, up from 55% in the morning, as the blaze burned another 3,000 acres.
As the Dixie Fire rages in northern California, heroes on the front lines are fighting the biggest fight of their lives in their own backyards.
The Dixie Fire has exploded in size to become the largest single wildfire ever recorded in California. The blaze had burnt through 463,477 acres of land in northern California by Sunday morning ...
The massive fire has now been burning since mid-July in Northern California. Sheriff's deputies are still looking for four people who lived in the town of Greenville, which was largely destroyed.
Almost two weeks after it broke out near the fire-ravaged town of Paradise in Butte County, the blaze has burned nearly 200,000 acres and is about 21% contained, fire officials said.