The growing blaze that broke out July 21 is the state's largest current wildfire and had blackened more than 1,305 square kilometers, territory larger than the city of Los Angeles. Thousands remained under evacuation orders or warnings. To the northwest, crews were protecting homes in the town of Chester. "There's just no words."Īs the fire's north and eastern sides exploded Wednesday, the Plumas County Sheriff's Office issued a warning online to the town's approximately 800 residents: "You are in imminent danger and you MUST leave now!"Ī similar warning was issued Thursday for residents of another tiny mountain community, Taylorsville, as flames pushed toward the southeast. Doug LaMalfa, who represents the area, said in an emotional Facebook video. The sheriff's department said there was "widespread devastation throughout the area." Our historical buildings, families’ homes, small businesses, and our children's schools are completely lost," Plumas County Supervisor Kevin Goss wrote on Facebook. The fire "burnt down our entire downtown. A gas station, church, hotel, museum and bar were among many fixtures gutted in the town, which dates to California's Gold Rush era and had some structures more than a century old. The Dixie Fire, fed by bone-dry vegetation and 64-kph gusts, raged through the northern Sierra Nevada community of Greenville on Wednesday evening. A 3-week-old wildfire engulfed a tiny Northern California mountain town, leveling most of its historic downtown and leaving blocks of homes in ashes, while a new wind-whipped blaze also destroyed homes as crews braced for another explosive run of flames Thursday in the midst of dangerous weather.
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