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California wildfires: More ‘extreme’ activity pushes Dixie Fire close to 200,000 acres [The Sacramento Bee] Jul. 26—California’s largest wildfire of 2021, the Dixie Fire, continues to threaten thousands of homes in Butte, Plumas and Tehama counties. Nearly 5,500 personnel are now battling blaze, which ignited July 13 above the Cresta Dam in Feather River Canyon, Cal Fire’s Butte unit said in a Monday morning incident report. The Dixie Fire has burned 197,487 acres — more than 300 sq...

Satellite image shows heavy smoke from Dixie Fire, Californias largest wildfire By Sharon Song Credit: NOAA INDIAN FALLS, Calif. - The Dixie Fire, raging in Butte and Plumas Counties, has now become California’s largest wildfire, exploding to roughly the size of New York City, and a chance of thunderstorms later this week potentially threatened to make the already dire situation worse. TOPSHOT - A firefighter sprays water on a propane tank as a home burns due to the Dixie fire in the Indian F...

National News Winds stoke Californias largest fire as blazes race across West INDIAN FALLS, Calif. (AP) — Erratic winds and the potential for dry lightning added to the challenges facing firefighters battling Californias largest wildfire, one of numerous blazes burning Monday across the U. by Associated Press Jul. 26 2021 @ 11:05pm FILE - In this Saturday, July 24, 2021, file photo a firefighter passes a burning home as the Dixie Fire flares in Plumas County, Calif. The fire destroyed multipl...

Winds stoke California’s largest fire as blazes scorch West Associated PressFILE - In this Saturday, July 24, 2021, file photo a firefighter passes a burning home as the Dixie Fire flares in Plumas County, Calif. The fire destroyed multiple residences as it tore through the Indian Falls community. Erratic winds and the potential for dry lightning added to the challenges facing firefighters battling Californias largest... INDIAN FALLS, Calif. (AP) — Erratic winds and the potential for dry li...

Associated Press | July 26, 2021 5:25 pm Video: Wildfires raging across the West cast a smoky haze visible in Chicago. We discuss the situation with Rao Kotamarthi of the Atmospheric Science and Climate Research group at Argonne National Laboratory on “Chicago Tonight.” (Produced by Paul Caine) INDIAN FALLS, Calif. (AP) — Erratic winds and the potential for dry lightning added to the challenges facing firefighters battling California’s largest wildfire, one of numerous blazes burning M...

Air quality in Nevada County was classified as unhealthy for sensitive groups last week and remained so through the weekend, a move largely driven by wildfire smoke particulate, experts said. On Thursday, the Air Quality Index (AQI) reached a level of 140 for Nevada and Placer counties — considered unhealthy for sensitive groups, according to the Northern Sierra Air Management District. Friday and Saturday the level reduced to 136 and then 126, still unhealthy for sensitive groups, and those ...

Video California’s largest wildfire this year, the Dixie Fire, started more than a week ago and has burned approximately 200,000 acres, according to state officials.CreditCredit...Noah Berger/Associated Press July 26, 2021 The Dixie Fire, California’s largest wildfire this year, continued to chew through thousands of acres of rough terrain on Monday, prompting evacuation orders and threatening communities in a region scarred by the memory of the 2018 Camp Fire, the deadliest in the state’...

Montana issues air quality warning due to wildfire smoke REUTERS By Steve Almasy and Dave Alsup, CNN Smoke from the Western wildfires has prompted officials in Montana to issue air quality warnings in a dozen counties. “Air quality across the state ranges from MODERATE to UNHEALTHY, with the worst air quality concentrations occurring in the southern half of the state, south of the I-90 corridor. Air quality has worsened this morning, and will likely continue to worsen through Tuesday,” Mont...

California, NYC to workers: Get vaccine or face weekly tests California and New York City announced Monday that they would require all government employees to get the coronavirus vaccine or face weekly COVID-19 testing, and the Department of Veterans Affairs became the first major federal agency to require health care workers to receive the shot. Meanwhile, in a possible sign that increasingly dire health warnings are getting through to more Americans, vaccination rates began to creep up again,...

California wildfires have merged to present an even greater threat. Credit: AP/Press Association California’s largest wildfire has merged with a smaller blaze and destroyed homes in remote areas with limited access for firefighters. The massive Dixie Fire, which started on July 14, had already levelled over a dozen houses and other structures when it combined with the Fly Fire and tore through the tiny Northern California community of Indian Falls after dark on Saturday. Fire officials said t...