Please see below for information affecting your area.” Damage assessment is ongoing, and the number of damaged and destroyed structures may change as teams are able to access the fire area safely.

This process includes guaranteeing roads are safe for travel and basic utilities to infrastructure is secured. A methodical, multi-pronged process of inspection and evaluation must be conducted to ensure the health, safety and welfare of all the residents affected. There are many considerations before allowing an area to be repopulated. Fuel moistures are historically low which is contributing to the critical fire behavior. Smoke from other fires nearby did limit activity in some places, but not enough to prevent additional growth. Fire remained active under northeast winds, with spotting and torching contributing to fire growth. “Dixie Fire West Zone: Firefighters continue to build and bolster containment lines on the Dixie Fire. Below are their updates from today at 7 p.m. After closely reading them for a week, it became obvious that they are written by two different people with different views on what information should be included. In CAL FIRE’s twice daily updates the “Current Situation” section is broken down into the West and East Zones. The fire is being managed by two Incident Management Teams, one on the west side and the other on the east side.

(To see all articles on Wildfire Today about the Dixie Fire, including the most recent, click HERE.) The acreage figure was about 22,000 higher than the number from 12 hours earlier, and now stands at 699,666 acres.Īt least 659 residences have been documented as destroyed and 137 commercial buildings. local time CAL FIRE released an update on the Dixie Fire.

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