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Print Crews were continuing to battle two massive wildfires in Northern California on Saturday, with more residents ordered to flee their homes. The Dixie fire had burned 181,289 acres and was 14% contained as of Saturday, when it prompted a new wave of evacuations for residents in Plumas County. At least 16 structures had been destroyed, and more than 7,000 were threatened, authorities said. The fire was burning to the northeast through everything from timber to grasses, all of which are unseasonably dry, said Capt. Mitch Matlow, public information officer for the fire. “This is more like ...

Print Crews were continuing to battle two massive wildfires in Northern California on Saturday, with more residents ordered to flee their homes. The Dixie fire had burned 181,289 acres and was 14% contained as of Saturday, when it prompted a new wave of evacuations for residents in Plumas County. At least 16 structures had been destroyed, and more than 7,000 were threatened, authorities said. The fire was burning to the northeast through everything from timber to grasses, all of which are unseasonably dry, said Capt. Mitch Matlow, public information officer for the fire. “This is more like ...

Western Wildfires Still Growing, But Better Weather Helps Crews Make Progress Fire officials warned they still had a long way to go before knocking down the blazes burning the American West By Nathan Howard • NBCUniversal Media, LLC Lower winds and better weather helped crews using bulldozers and helicopters battling the nation’s largest wildfire in southern Oregon while a Northern California wildfire crossed into Nevada, prompting evacuations as blazes burn across the West. Oregon’s Bootleg Fire grew to 624 square miles — over half the size of Rhode Island. However...

  BLY, ORE. -- Lower winds and better weather helped crews using bulldozers and helicopters battling the nation's largest wildfire in southern Oregon, but gusty winds pushed a Northern California wildfire into Nevada on Thursday, prompting evacuations as blazes burn across the West. Oregon's Bootleg Fire grew to 624 square miles (1,616 square kilometers) -- over half the size of Rhode Island. However, authorities said higher humidity Wednesday and overnight and better conditions allowed crews to improve fire lines. The fire also was approaching an area burned by a previous fire on its act...

The Dixie fire burning in Northern California’s Butte and Plumas counties mushroomed to more than 100,000 acres Thursday, becoming the second blaze in the state this year to surpass the megafire milestone. The aggressive fire has now destroyed at least eight structures, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, said, and at least 1,500 more are threatened as it continues its slow crawl east toward Lake Almanor. The fire was at 103,910 acres and 17% containment Thursday morning, Cal Fire said. It is the second megafire in the state this year. Days ago, the 10...