The wind driven 2021 Dixie Fire wiped out most of historic Greenville, California is a 30 minute firestorm on August 4. the 963,309 acre conflagration was the largest and most destructive wildfire in the Golden State is 2021. More than 1,300 structures, including 600 homes, were lost. The fire burned through Butte, Lassen, Shasta and Tehama counties, scorching 960,000 acres in the 1,146,000 acres Plumas National Forest and parts of the Lassen National Forest and Lassen Volcanic National Park. It was started by a tree that fell across an Pacific Gas and Electric transmission line and was finally contained on October 25. Suppression costs toped $637 million. Photo credit: Ethan Swope, Associated Press
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