Thursday ,5 August 2021 (YJC)_ California’s largest wildfire has leveled much of the downtown and some surrounding homes in Greenville.
California’s largest wildfire has leveled much of the downtown and some surrounding homes in a small Northern California mountain community.
The Dixie Fire tore through the Greenville on Wednesday evening, destroying businesses and homes as the sky was cast in an orange glow. A photographer on assignment for The Associated Press described seeing a gas station, hotel and bar burned to the ground.
“If you are still in the Greenville area, you are in imminent danger and you MUST leave now!!” the Plumas County Sheriff’s Office posted on Facebook earlier Wednesday.
The sheriff’s department and Cal Fire did not immediately respond to messages.
The 3-week-old fire has grown to over 428 square miles across Plumas and Butte counties.
Firefighters had been trying to protect the town of 800 about 280 miles northeast of San Francisco by clearing debris from roads and marking hazards.
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