The Dixie Fire had consumed about 432,813 acres, according to an estimate released Friday morning. The three-week-old Dixie Fire was one of 100 active, large fires burning in 14 states, most in the West where historic drought has left lands parched and ripe for ignition. There was no containment and about 6,000 people were ordered to evacuate in Placer and Nevada counties, state fire officials said. 100 homes and buildings charred in yet another wildfireĪbout a two-hour drive south, officials said some 100 homes and other buildings burned in the fast-moving River Fire that broke out Wednesday near Colfax, a town of about 2,000. "My heart is crushed by what has occurred there," said Johns, a lifelong Greenville resident. Officials had not yet assessed the number of destroyed buildings, but Plumas County Sheriff Todd Johns estimated on Thursday that "well over" 100 homes had burned in and near the town. "At first you think, 'It's OK, I have the negatives.' And then you realize, 'Oh. There is a photo I keep visualizing in my mind of my son when he was 2. "My grandmother's dining room chairs, my great-aunt's bed from Italy. She managed to grab some photos off the wall, her favorite jewelry and important documents but couldn't help but think of the family treasures left behind. We've lost our home, my business, our whole downtown area is gone," said Gorman, who heeded evacuation warnings and left town with her husband a week and-a-half ago as the Dixie Fire approached. A church marquee stands among buildings destroyed by the Dixie Fire in the Sierra Nevada town of Greenville on Thursday.
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