Crews were continuing to battle two massive wildfires in Northern California on Saturday — Dixie and Tamarack — with more residents ordered to flee.
Crews were continuing to battle two massive wildfires in Northern California on Saturday, with more residents ordered to flee their homes.a new wave of evacuations
“This is more like what we would typically see in the late fall, at the end of the fire season before the rains come,” Matlow said. “The fuels got drier earlier in the season, which leads to more erratic fire behavior.”About 120 miles southeast, straddling the border with Nevada, the 65,152-acre Tamarack fire was continuing to spread, having forced about 2,400 people from their homes.
and longer, more destructive fire seasons, especially in areas choked by overgrowth due to decades of aggressive fire suppression.
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