#dixie fire

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Jassen Todorov. The devastation caused by the Dixie fire, California’s largest single wildfire

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A tiny handful of the more obvious after-effects of the 2021 Dixie fire in and around Lassen Volcanic National Park, California (two years later, August 2023). Everywhere you looked there were downed trees, burnt stumps, blackened boughs and branches, etc. I grew up in Australia, so bushfires are part of my cultural heritage and something very real to me in a first-hand sort of way, but the sheer scale of the Dixie fire was still pretty shocking.

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Dixie Fire   -    Danielle Winger

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A man rides his bike past a gas station as nearby flames turn the sky orange, Josh Edelson, 23 July 2021

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Watching it burn, Jake (@scenescapery)

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A home burns on Jeters Road as the Dixie fire jumps Highway 395 south of Janesville, California, on August 16, 2021. © Ethan Swope / AP

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Scenes From California’s Sugar Fire...

Courtesy: CNN / Noah Berger / AP

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The Dixie Fire in Northern California is now the largest single wildfire in recorded state history. It has burned over 446,000 acres so far and is only 21% contained. Both sides of Lake Almanor and Chester have been evacuated. The historic gold rush town of Greenville has been pretty much destroyed.

These shots of Lake Almanor by Jake (scenescapery) on IG are heartbreaking. Below his are some shots from the last time I was there. It's a truly beautiful place, and I feel like a part of me is dying. I can't even begin to describe what this place means to me. I've been going there almost every summer since I was 10. But that feels incredibly selfish even to write because I can't imagine what everyone who lives there must feel, especially those who lost their homes in Greenville. And everyone else has been evacuated and is undoubtedly terrified of losing everything. It's awful.

The flames heavily damaged Canyondam, a hamlet with a population of about three dozen people, and also reached Chester, but crews managed to protect homes and businesses there, officials said.

The fire’s cause is under investigation. But Pacific Gas & Electric utility has said it may have been sparked when a tree fell on one of the utility’s power lines.

California is currently in its 11th driest year on record, with no relief in sight.

Meanwhile, the smoke is causing awful air here in Colorado (and obviously everywhere else you see here).

Source: Reuters / Politico / CNN