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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Dixie_FireDixie Fire - Wikipedia

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   The 2021 Dixie Fire was an enormous wildfire in Butte, Plumas, Lassen, Shasta, and Tehama counties in Northern California. Named after a nearby Dixie Road, 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.

   • Burned area: 963,309 acres, 1,505 square miles, 3,898 square kilometres, 389,837 hectares
   • Date(s): July 13, 2021 — October 25, 2021

   • Cost: $1.15 billion USD (minimum estimate)

2. www.fire.ca.gov › incidents › 2021/7/13Dixie Fire | CAL FIRE

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   Jul 13, 2021 · The Dixie Fire started on July 13, 2021 and burned 963,309 acres in five counties of California. It is 94 percent contained and under investigation, with 1,311 structures destroyed and one fatality confirmed.

3. www.npr.org › 2021/08/09 › 1026078606The Dixie Fire Is The 2nd Largest In California History And ...

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   Aug 9, 2021 · The Dixie Fire has already consumed 489,287 acres. The only California wildfire known to be larger than the Dixie Fire is last year's August Complex Fire, which consumed more than 1 million acres.

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6. www.washingtonpost.com › 2021 › dixie-fireHow the Dixie Fire became California’s second-largest ...

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   Sep 17, 2021 · Aug. 8: The Dixie Fire is now 463,000 acres and the second-largest wildfire in California’s history, 26 days after it started. It has surpassed the Mendocino Complex Fire of 2018. Six of the ...

7. www.nytimes.com › california-wildfires-dixieInside the Fight Against the Dixie Fire - The New York Times

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   Oct 11, 2021 · Much of the fight against the Dixie fire was a grueling and dirty effort to head off future burn: As many as 89 hand crews on a single day burned ground cover and carved so-called line breaks ...

8. www.fire.ca.gov › incidents › 2021/7/13Dixie Fire: Incident Update on 08/05/2021 at 8:07 AM | CAL FIRE

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   Jul 13, 2021 · Dixie Fire East Zone: East Zone – The fire spotted over control lines in Round Valley and grew explosively with whole tree torching and a crown fire being driven by gusty winds. Despite valiant efforts of firefighters, aerial resources and law enforcement to protect life and defend property, fire spread into the community of Greenville.

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   How did the Dixie fire start?

   • The Dixie Fire may have been started by a tree that fell down on a power line owned by Pacific Gas and Electric, California’s largest utility. Elizabeth Ehrenpreis spent her 33rd birthday fleeing the fire’s encroach toward Westwood, Calif., a small town of less than 2,000 near Lassen Volcanic National Park.

   Dixie Fire Is Now Second Largest in California History

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   How big was the Dixie fire?

   • The whole Dixie Fire grew to over 320,000 acres (130,000 ha), an increase of 50,000 acres (20,000 ha) in two days, and was 35 percent contained. It became the sixth-largest wildfire in California history, surpassing the North Complex Fire that had burned nearby in 2020.

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   How did the Dixie fire affect California?

   • The fires have forced state and federal officials to marshal armies of people and resources at all cost. In late August, New York Times journalists shadowed emergency crews in a remote forested area of Northern California as they battled the Dixie fire, which at nearly a million acres is the second largest fire in state history.

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   What was the 2021 Dixie fire?

   • The 2021 Dixie Fire was an enormous wildfire in Butte, Plumas, Lassen, Shasta, and Tehama counties in Northern California.

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10. www.nytimes.com › 2021/08/08 › usDixie Fire Is Now Second Largest in California History

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    Aug 8, 2021 · TAYLORSVILLE, Calif. — The Dixie Fire ravaging Northern California over the weekend has become the state’s second largest on record. Cal Fire, the state firefighting agency, on Sunday reported ...

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