California Dixie Fire Forced Residents to Evacuate as Scorching Temperatures Threaten New Blazes
In this long exposure photograph, trees smolder and burn during the Dixie fire near Greenville, California on August 3, 2021. - The Dixie fire has burned more than 250,000 acres and continues to get closer to residential communities. The 2017 Thomas Fire is now only the seventh worst by area destroyed -- and is likely to be overtaken soon by the Dixie Fire raging through the state's northern forests, as climate change makes wildfire season longer, hotter and more devastating. JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images

California residents have evacuated their areas after Dixie Fire, the largest wildfire, has continued to balloon.

The largest wildfire was burning for nearly three weeks in remote mountains. Officials cautioned that hot and dry weather is threatening to create larger fires, The Guardian reported.

Shannon Prather from the U.S. Forest Service said that she thinks they will have a few hard days ahead of them. Officials had warned that high temperatures increase the risk of new fires across California.

The Destruction of Dixie Fire in California

Strong winds had enhanced Dixie Fire, growing to over 395 square meter miles in Plumas and Butte counties on Tuesday, July 3. It then jumped perimeter lines in a few spots, which had caused around 15,000 people to evacuate.

The raging Dixie Fire has destroyed a ghost town in the Sierra foothills, SF Gate reported. The historic Northern California ghost town has been abandoned for half a century, but Dixie Fire left its landmark buildings in ashes last week.

Included in the lost facilities was the Kellogg House that was lived in until the 1970s. It was first built in 1852 with lumber from the sawmill at Rich Bar. The mining outpost, remaining homesteads, and historic cemetery were also gone.

New owners Ivan Coffman and Kurt Brock had acquired the Kellogg House last year. They had plans to restore it and even mine again. The owners now are left with an unsure future, with both of them currently under evacuation orders.

California Dixie Fire Burns More

California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said crews, engines, and heavy equipment shifted from other areas to increase structure protection as the fire moved toward Greenville.

About 1,000 people were under evacuation orders, with around 3,000 homes threatened by the wildfire that has destroyed 67 houses and other buildings ever since it started on July 14.

Associated Press reported that Dixie Fire was 35 percent contained as of Wednesday, August 4. The National Weather Service has already issued red flag warnings over parts of California, Nevada, and Oregon until Thursday evening, August 5.

Mike Wink, a state fire operations section chief, said the fire had created a "fire cloud" or pyrocumulus cloud on Tuesday, USA Today report.

Wildfires

About 150 miles west, the McFarland Fire has doubled in size every day since a lightning strike had caused the blaze less than a week ago. The McFarland Fire was only five percent contained as of Tuesday and has managed to burn almost 25 square miles.

In Oregon, a wildfire has been ravaging the state, too, with the Bootleg Fire burning more than 640 miles. The Bootleg Fire was the state's third-largest fire in history.

Scientists said that climate change is causing the said conditions, leading to warmer, drier weather across the west.

Meanwhile, Hawaii has also experienced its largest-ever wildfire. However, it was under better control after some rain. The state's fire incident commander, Troy Gibson, said that they have the fire surrounded.

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Written by: Mary Webber

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