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Extreme Fire Conditions Expected to Ease as Crews Battle Dixie Fire

KQED News Staff
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Vehicles and a home are engulfed in flames as the Dixie fire rages on in Greenville, California on August 5, 2021. - Evacuation orders were widened on August 5, 2021 as California's biggest wildfire raged through the state's tinder-dry landscape, laying waste to hundreds of square miles (kilometers). The Dixie Fire is already the sixth biggest in the state's history, and was still spreading thanks to gusting winds and record-low humidity.  (Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images)

Extreme Fire Conditions Expected to Subside for Crews Working Dixie Fire

Following two days of extreme fire weatehr conditions, crews battling the Dixie Fire in Plumas and Butte counties are expected to get a bit of a respite Friday. The fire is now the third largest in state history, burning more than 432,000 acres.

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