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Greenville/Plumas County, Aug 11 (EFE/EPA).- The huge wildfire that has been burning for four weeks in northeastern California has already destroyed more than 550 homes and firefighters have only managed to get it 30 percent contained, authorities reported on Wednesday.So far, the Dixie fire, dubbed thusly because of the name of the mountain highway along which it began, has burned 202,700 hectares (some 510,000 acres), according to the latest figures from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire).The blaze, which has been raging since July 14 over a mountainous area near Lassen Volcanic National Park, is already the second largest fire ever registered in California, surpassed only by the August Complex fire last year, although that fire was actually 38 separate fires all burning in the same general area. (Camera: JOHN MABANGLO).SHOT LIST: HOMES AND BUILDINGS DESTROYED BY THE DIXIE FIRE IN GREENVILLE, CALIFORNIA, AND THE DIXIE FIRE IN PLUMAS COUNTY NEAR TAYLORSVILLE, CALIFORNIA, US.
Chino Hills, Oct 27 (EFE/EPA).- The Blue Ridge Fire continued to burn in California's Orange County for the second day Tuesday, destroying more than 15,000 acres -- including several homes -- since it broke out on Monday. (Camera: ETIENNE LAURENT). SHOT LIST: FIREFIGHTERS BATTLE THE BLUE RIDGE FIRE IN CHINO HILLS, CALIFORNIA, US.
Shaver Lake, Sep 8 (EFE/EPA).- The Creek Fire near Shaver Lake, California, which was first sparked on Friday, has already destroyed more than 145,000 acres of forest and burned down two dozen houses in the small town of Big Creek, forcing the evacuation of 2,500 people. (Camera: ETIENNE LAURENT).B-ROLL OF AREAS AFFECTED BY THE CREEK FIRE NEAR SHAVER LAKE, IN THE SIERRA NATIONAL FOREST, CALIFORNIA, US.
Shaver Lake (United States), Sep 7 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Etienne Laurent).- California's Creek fire has destroyed nearly 36,000 acres of forest near Shaver Lake in the Sierra National Forest of Fresno County.FOOTAGE OF THE FIRE IN CALIFORNIA.
Officials say dry brush and timber is causing the raging "Pilot Fire" to spread quickly in California's San Bernardino County, where dozens of evacuations have been ordered. Jillian Kitchener reports.