Greenville california fire12/3/2023 “What you can expect tomorrow is that the fire map will look significantly different once the new growth gets put on the map,” Jones said. Jones said that fire crews have no knowledge of any casualties at this time and that their main priority is protecting the lives and structures that are ahead of the fire’s path. “In the morning we’ll have a better estimate of that from the infrared flight that we’ll do tonight,” he said, adding that Friday promises to be "another day and afternoon of explosive fire growth." The scope of Thursday’s destruction would become clearer overnight, Jones said. Plumas County Sheriff Todd Johns said more than 100 homes were destroyed in the area.ĭixie Fire public information officer Tim Jones told the USA TODAY Network on Thursday that the fire's growth Wednesday was driven by high winds and fed by dry fuels amid red flag conditions. The Dixie Fire, now the sixth-largest blaze in the state's modern history, has been burning for three weeks and spreading in Northern California's Plumas, Butte, Lassen and Tehama counties. GREENVILLE, Calif. - The largest wildfire in California this year "catastrophically destroyed" the gold rush town of Greenville on Wednesday night, then forced the closure of a national park on Thursday while also chasing residents from their homes across the northern Sierra Nevada region. Watch Video: Dixie Fire guts California town as it continues to ravage state
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