At least 2, 000 homes were ordered evacuated at some point during the fire and an additional 5, 000 were threatened.... The upper eastern edge of the blaze continued to move toward Summer Lake, jumping fire lines on Thursday and prompting a local evacuation order for some portions of Lake County to be raised to “ go now!... The fire in Alpine County has destroyed at least 10 buildings....

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for August 5 Fox News Flash top headlines are here.... Officials in northern California on August 4, 2021 warned residents of two communities in the path of the raging Dixie fire to evacuate immediately as high winds whipped the flames onwards.... A huge number of firefighters have deployed to battle the massive fire, the sixth-largest in California history and the biggest one so far this year.A Wednesday Facebook post from the Plumas County Sheriff’s O

Flames leap from trees as the Dixie Fire jumps Highway 89 north of Greenville in Plumas County, Calif., on Aug.... " Engines, crews and heavy equipment shifted from other areas to increase structure protection and direct line construction as the fire moved toward Greenville," the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, known as Cal Fire, said Tuesday morning.... About 3, 000 homes were threatened by the blaze that has destroyed 67 houses and other buildings since breaking out July 14

A gas station, church, hotel, museum and bar were among many fixtures gutted in the town, which dates to California’s Gold Rush era and had some structures that were more than a century old. The fire “ burnt down our entire downtown.... Our historical buildings, families homes, small businesses, and our children’s schools are completely lost, ” Plumas County Supervisor Kevin Goss wrote on Facebook.... ” Flames from the Dixie Fire consume a home on Highway 89 south of Greenville on Thursday, Au

Eight people are missing as the Dixie Fire rages on in California, the Plumas County Sheriff's Office said in a statement Saturday." We are seeking the public and the media’s assistance is helping us locate the individuals so we can report back to their loved ones," they said, adding that their investigation unit has already located 16 other individuals who were previously unaccounted for. MORE: Gusty winds expected to spread massive wildfires in West" We request if you know where any of these p

Wildfires are exploding across the West, especially in California, where the Park Fire has grown to be the biggest in the state this year. The largest of several wildfires in the state is the Park Fire, burning in Butte, Tehama, Shasta and Plumas counties, north of Chico.... But having witnessed the 2018 Camp Fire that completely leveled the Butte County town of Paradise, Russell said he was not surprised by the devastation of the Park Fire." When you say, did you think it would ever happen, yo

The Montgomery County Council on Tuesday introduced legislation that would mandate coronavirus vaccinations for county employees with few exemptions, eliciting sharp pushback from employee unions and County Executive Marc Elrich( D). Support our journalism.... Subscribe today ArrowRight Spearheaded by at-large council members Hans Riemer and Will Jawando, the bill, if passed, would require that some 9, 000 or so county employees provide proof that they have been fully vaccinated or face possibl

The Dixie Fire had burned a couple of square miles of brush and timber near the Feather River Canyon area of Butte County and moved into national forest land in neighboring Plumas County.... Larry Peterson, whose home in neighboring Magalia survived the previous blaze, said some of his neighbors were getting their belongings together in case they had to flee.... " Anytime you've got a fire after what we went through, and another one is coming up, you've got to be concerned," he told KHSL-TV...

U.S. Forest Service firefighters Chris Voelker, left, and Kyle Jacobson monitor the Sugar Fire, part of the Beckwourth Complex Fire, burning in Plumas National Forest, Calif., on Friday, July 9, 2021.... The more than 1, 200 firefighters were aided by aircraft.... Gavin Newsom issued an emergency proclamation on Friday suspending rules to allow for more power capacity, and the ISO requested emergency assistance from other states....

Elrich “ gave educators a seat at the table with meaningful policy when others gave us platitudes, ” Martin said. Elrich recently proposed the highest operating budget ever —$ 2.9 billion — for the county’s school system.... Last spring, he said he supported having all teachers vaccinated before they returned to in-person instruction. Advertisement A former schoolteacher himself, Elrich has had close ties to labor groups since he started his political career as a city council member in Takoma P