Dixie Fire Surpasses 510,000 Acres, With More Than 1,000 Buildings Destroyed
California’s destructive Dixie Fire grew to 510,227 acres (about 797 square miles) on August 12. Containment increased slightly to 30 percent overnight, according to the latest update from Cal Fire.
More than 1,100 structures had been destroyed by the Dixie Fire by August 12, Cal Fire said.
The wildfire is the largest single-source wildfire in the state’s history.
Video by Sutter County Firefighters shows the conditions faced by their crew just north of Chester, California.
“Both our Strike Teams are at this fire currently. Crews were assigned to structure protection but [got] cut off by the fire,” the department wrote on Instagram. Credit: Sutter County Firefighters via Storyful
