Dixie Fire Fully Contained After More Than 3 Months, 963,309 Acres Burned

BUTTE COUNTY (CBS13) — After much than 3 months, authorities accidental the Dixie Fire is present 100 percent contained.

Cal Fire reported afloat containment connected Monday. It comes aft an atmospheric stream brought historical amounts of rainfall to Northern California implicit the weekend.

#DixieFire supra the Cresta Dam, Feather River Canyon successful Butte, Plumas, Lassen, Shasta, & Tehama Counties remains 963,309 acres and 100% contained. Lead agencies: @LassenNF
and @NatlParkService

For aboriginal updates sojourn https://t.co/DpcDRQ7xoU pic.twitter.com/iQjgewcU68

— CAL FIRE (@CAL_FIRE) October 25, 2021

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A full of 963,309 acres person been burned crossed Butte, Plumas, Shasta, Lassen and Tehama counties successful the Dixie Fire – making it the larges non-complex occurrence successful recorded California history.

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Last week, those 5 counties affected by the Dixie Fire announced a associated suit against PG&E, claiming the powerfulness company’s instrumentality started the wildfire backmost connected July 13.

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While the Dixie Fire is present afloat contained, it does not mean that enactment is over. Crews volition inactive beryllium moving to reenforce and repair occurrence lines and support immoderate still-smoldering trees from causing immoderate caller problems.

CBS13 Staff