The Dixie Fire is the largest single wildfire in state history.
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Winds stoke California’s largest fire as blazes scorch West
Authorities hope improving weather will help crews make headway in Oregon.
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Smoke from western wildfires affecting air quality throughout Maine
State officials are recommending that people with respiratory conditions avoid strenuous outdoor activity through Tuesday.
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Technology plays growing role in predicting, corralling Western wildfires
When ‘critical weather’ is forecast – hot, dry winds or lightning storms – the technology allows California planners to pre-position fire engines, bulldozers, aircraft and hand crews in areas where they can respond quickly.
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Crews make progress on huge Oregon wildfire
The Bootleg Fire, which has destroyed an area half the size of Rhode Island, is 40% surrounded, fire officials say.
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Western wildfires grow, but better weather helps crews
Oregon’s Bootleg Fire grew to 624 square miles — over half the size of Rhode Island.
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Wildfires encroach on Indigenous lands in parched Northwest
Even when the flames don’t enter densely populated areas, the impact of the increasingly intense fires around the U.S. West is felt directly by Native American tribes, which have managed the land for millennia.
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Wind fans wildfire in California canyons; residents flee
The biggest blaze began late Wednesday as a house fire in Orange County’s Silverado Canyon, where gusts topped 70 mph.
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Raging California fires keep tens of thousands from homes
A utility company may be to blame for a blaze in Irvine.
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70,000 in Southern California to evacuate after blaze grows
Powerful winds across the state prompted power cut to hundreds of thousands to prevent utility equipment from sparking new blazes.