![]() ![]() Meanwhile, displaced residents of the Plumas County town of Greenville were left stunned from the near-complete destruction of their town on Wednesday. The Redding Record Searchlight reports Plumas County Sheriff's deputies said Friday that they are searching for eight people missing due to the fire. The blaze has destroyed or damaged more than 280 structures, while threatening nearly 14,000 others. While CalFire said Saturday that firefighters were aided by "slightly cooler temperatures and higher humidity," full containment is not expected until August 20. Only last year's August Complex Fire, which burned more than a million acres, and the 2018 Mendocino Complex, at 459,000 acres scorched, were bigger.Īs of Saturday morning, the Dixie Fire was 21% contained, as 5,118 firefighters-including teams of state prisoners-384 fire engines, 124 water tenders, 27 helicopters, 87 hand crews, and 107 bulldozers battled the blaze. The Chico Enterprise-Record reports the Dixie blaze grew by 11,910 acres to 446,723 acres on Saturday morning, making it not only the state's largest-ever single-source fire, but also the third-largest wildfire in California history. Tribal Chair Angela Martin, Greenville Rancheria ![]() "This tears at my heartstrings because that's our beginning, that has all of our historical documents. As Greenville, California residents reel from the incineration of their town by the Dixie Fire earlier this week, the massive conflagration continued to grow Saturday into the largest single-source wildfire in recorded state history. ![]()
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