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Greenville: Newsom Visits Ruins of California Town Gutted by Dixie Fire
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1:16Now PlayingCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom visited areas affected by the devastating Dixie Fire on Saturday.
Fueled by strong winds and bone-dry vegetation, the Dixie Fire grew to become the largest single wildfire in state history.
People living in the scenic forestlands of Northern California are facing a weekend of fear as it threatens to reduce thousands of homes to ashes.
The fire incinerated much of Greenville on Wednesday and Thursday, destroying 370 homes and structures and threatening nearly 14,000 buildings in the northern Sierra Nevada.
It had engulfed an area larger than the size of New York City.
The Dixie Fire, named for the road where it started, spanned an area of 700 square miles (1,813 square kilometers) Saturday night and was just 21% contained, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
Four firefighters were taken to the hospital Friday after being struck by a fallen branch.
More 20 people were initially reported missing, but by Saturday afternoon authorities had contacted all but four of them.
The fire’s cause was under investigation.
The Pacific Gas & Electric utility has said it may have been sparked when a tree fell on one of its power lines.
A federal judge ordered PG&E on Friday to give details about the equipment and vegetation where the fire started by Aug. 16.
Cooler overnight temperatures and higher humidity slowed the spread of the fire and temperatures topped 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 degrees Celsius) instead of the triple-digit highs recorded earlier in the week.
But the blaze and its neighbouring fires, within several hundred miles of each other, posed an ongoing threat.
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