{"id":318081,"date":"2021-08-07T18:18:29","date_gmt":"2021-08-07T15:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/californias-dixie-fire-explodes-to-area-bigger-than-nyc\/"},"modified":"2021-08-07T18:18:29","modified_gmt":"2021-08-07T15:18:29","slug":"californias-dixie-fire-explodes-to-area-bigger-than-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/californias-dixie-fire-explodes-to-area-bigger-than-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"#California’s Dixie Fire explodes to area bigger than NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#California’s Dixie Fire explodes to area bigger than NYC<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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A \u201cperfect storm\u201d of conditions allowed the California wildfire that destroyed a Gold Rush town this week to explode, scorching 100,000 more acres in the past day, after it was predicted to slow down Friday. <\/p>\n

The Dixie Fire is now the third largest wildfire<\/a> ever in the state\u2019s history, engulfing 679 square miles \u2014 an area larger than New York City \u2014 and is threatening nearly 14,000 buildings across four counties, The Los Angeles Times reported<\/a>. <\/p>\n

At least 8 people are missing, including five from Greenville, the community of about 1,000 that was incinerated on Wednesday evening. No injuries or deaths have been reported, according to The Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n

More than 5,000 fire personnel are fighting the inferno and at least 31,000 residents were ordered to evacuate.<\/p>\n

CalFire, the state\u2019s firefighting agency, said the Dixie Fire, named for the road where it started on July 13, was just 21 percent contained early Saturday, down from 35 percent earlier in the week, the Redding Record Searchlight reported<\/a>. CalFire expects it will take two weeks to fully contain the blaze, the cause of which is still under investigation.<\/p>\n

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The Dixie Fire, now over 200,000 acres, burns at night in Taylorsville, California.<\/figcaption>
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The San Francisco Chronicle reported that the state\u2019s electric utility, PG&E, filed a report indicating that it may be involved<\/a> in the smaller Fly Fire, which burned 4,000 acres in the Sierra Nevada before merging with the Dixie Fire. According to the report, a tree may have fallen on a PG&E power line.<\/p>\n

Officials said several conditions created a \u201cperfect storm\u201d to drive the fire\u2019s rapid spread despite expectations that it would slow down on Friday, after Thursday\u2019s 40-mph wind gusts died down.<\/p>\n

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The fire started on July 13.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cIt\u2019s all of the things together,\u201d said Capt. Mitch Matlow, spokesperson for the Dixie Fire, told the Times. \u201cIt\u2019s the heat. It\u2019s the dry fuels. It\u2019s the drought. It\u2019s the wind we saw yesterday. It\u2019s the slope.\u201d<\/p>\n

With vegetation so dry, an ember colliding with it at times \u201cwas almost guaranteed to ignite and start another spot fire,\u201d said Rick Carhart, another spokesperson for the fire.<\/p>\n

The fire is one of a dozen scorching California right now, and one of 107 active large fires burning more than 2 million acres across 14 states, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. More than 3.4 million acres has burned so far this year.<\/p>\n

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Wind-driven flames shoot horizontally out of the windshield of a car on fire at the Dixie Fire, a wildfire near the town of Greenville, California.<\/figcaption>
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\"Firefighters
Officials said several conditions created a \u201cperfect storm\u201d to drive the fire\u2019s rapid spread.<\/figcaption>
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Firefighter David Molter monitors the progress of flames that were burning along a roadway at the Dixie Fire.<\/figcaption>
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The fire has caused massive destruction.<\/figcaption>
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\"Evacuated
Evacuated Chester resident April Phillips wipes her face while watching a family dog at an evacuation center for the Dixie fire at Lassen Community College in Susanville, California.<\/figcaption>
AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n