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GREENVILLE, Calif. (AP) -- California's largest wildfire has leveled much of the downtown and some surrounding homes in a small Northern California

The three-week-old Dixie Fire has grown to 428 square miles.

California needs to diversify its grid in order to make it more resilient to increasing wildfires.

Wildfire Wreaks Havoc Across Northern California; Homes, Business Left Smoldered The heat waves and historic drought tied to climate change have made wildfires harder to fight in the American West. Associated Press (AP) 05 August 2021, Last Updated at 10:14 am AP Associated Press (AP) 2021-08-05T10:10:33+05:30 Wildfire Wreaks Havoc Across Northern California; Homes, Business Left Smoldered outlookindia.com 2021-08-05T10:14:23+05:30 California's largest wildfire has leveled much of the downtown and some surrounding homes in a small Northern California...

Conditions on the Malheur National Forest are vastly drier than before the Canyon Creek Complex fire of 2015 that destroyed over 40 homes. In 2015, rainfall was about an inch and a half, but this year it's only been 0.12 inches. Average temperatures are 10 degrees hotter than they were in 2015. Given the extreme drought conditions of historic proportions, the Malheur requested the assistance of the National Wildfire Prevention Education Team to let the public know how serious wildfire risks are in the national forest. Malheur National Forest Supervisor Craig Trulock said 2021 is turning out t...