![A firefighter holds a hand up to his left ear as he stands in front of flames and smoke](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/340ed6e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4630x3086+85+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F76%2Fba%2Fe592a930471b9aaa95997181cb4e%2Fla-photos-1staff-827865-la-me-dixie-fire007-ls.jpg)
A firefighter battles the Dixie fire in the mountainous and forested terrain near Janesville, Calif., on Thursday.
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Dixie fire
![Firefighters clear away combustible material at the head of the Dixie fire near Janesville.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/f00a35f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4800x3280+0+0/resize/2000x1367!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F3c%2F33%2F7a0c2b1446e18fbe88c8ba2e1fc4%2Fla-photos-1staff-827865-la-me-dixie-fire015-ls.jpg)
(Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)
![A pall of yellow smoke from the Dixie fire blankets the town of Susanville.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/881c994/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4800x3301+0+0/resize/2000x1375!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F66%2F56%2F9fed55ec4cb6b6cf8cc6b029e085%2Fla-photos-1staff-827865-la-me-dixie-fire022-ls.jpg)
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
![Flames burn through trees on a mountainside at night](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/c461061/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4800x3211+0+0/resize/2000x1338!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F94%2Fdb%2F5713080c4fea83ff0f9d45fc751a%2Fla-photos-1staff-827865-la-me-dixie-fire011-ls.jpg)
The Dixie fire burns in the mountains of Lassen County on Thursday.
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
![Flames and embers rise up from a thin tree branch](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/dbdae2d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4800x2999+0+0/resize/2000x1250!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F81%2Fe0%2F14dcc0ad4dc6a57b758dce933783%2Fla-photos-1staff-827865-la-me-dixie-fire010-ls.jpg)
Part of an evergreen tree explodes into a ball of flame as the Dixie fire burns near Janesville on Thursday.
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
![Firefighters use hand tools to dig lines in the forest ground as flames burn behind them](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/6cf319d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4800x3200+0+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F18%2F29%2Ff3f6f1eb42948869a208ff5e3b1b%2Fla-photos-1staff-827865-la-me-dixie-fire009-ls.jpg)
A crew battles the Dixie fire in harsh terrain near Janesville on Thursday.
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
![Firefighters watch a helicopter battle the Dixie fire as it burns through mountainous and forested terrain](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/c00206e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4800x3055+0+0/resize/2000x1273!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fba%2F17%2F4b27a2d04ce996fa5f24d3335670%2Fla-photos-1staff-827865-la-me-dixie-fire002-ls.jpg)
Firefighters watch a helicopter battle the Dixie fire as it burns through mountainous and forested terrain near Janesville on Thursday.
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
The monstrous Dixie fire — the second-largest in the state’s recorded history — has been burning for more than a month, and the danger zone now stretches from Lassen to Butte.
![A plane drops red liquid over a burning forest.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8ab9c21/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4800x3287+0+0/resize/2000x1370!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F70%2Fb0%2F937c3fcd459ea1730876be0a23da%2Fla-photos-1staff-827865-la-me-dixie-fire004-ls.jpg)
A DC-10 jumbo jet drops fire retardant on the Dixie fire.
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Caldor fire
The Caldor fire in El Dorado County is at nearly 63,000 acres, with 0% containment. Thousands of rural residents have had to evacuate as flames tore through rugged terrain.
![Burned vehicles and trees.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/77109f0/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4800x3074+0+0/resize/2000x1281!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F09%2F71%2Ff93c3e7c4b839bbf67030dcc8092%2Fla-photos-1staff-826628-me-caldor-fire002-ls.jpg)
The Caldor fire left a moonscape of burned forest, homes and cars in Grizzly Flats.
( Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
![A chair frame in a burned home in the woods](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/6174efa/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4800x2961+0+0/resize/2000x1234!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F04%2Fd2%2F93abfc134ab682d8385b2db448bb%2Fla-photos-1staff-826628-me-caldor-fire012-ls.jpg)
The frame of a chair sits in the remains of a home in Grizzly Flats.
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
![A burned stop sign at Evergreen and Grizzly Flat roads.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/bff4a07/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4800x3095+0+0/resize/2000x1290!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fee%2F74%2Fb11e9862434ab99a1b27ca50fb06%2Fla-photos-1staff-826628-me-caldor-fire003-ls.jpg)
Burned trees surround a scorched intersection in the community of Grizzly Flats.
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
![Glowing embers fly from burning trees.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/957d2d9/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5000x3333+0+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb7%2Fc3%2F11f3523642a8b8c42b6096f94546%2Fap21230255741676.jpg)
Embers fly from burning trees in a long-exposure image taken Aug. 17 on Mormon Emigrant Trail, east of Sly Park.
(Ethan Swope / Associated Press)
![A woman sprays a hose at her house in smoky air](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/0afeca1/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4853x3494+0+0/resize/2000x1440!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb3%2F0d%2F83fdabb64c59aabc76b68334cacf%2Fap21230147488423.jpg)
Jennifer Whitmore sprays her home with water as the Caldor fire burns near White Hall.
(Ethan Swope / Associated Press)
![A broken sculpture with a serene face rests in front of burned trees.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/0263c23/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5472x3648+0+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F8b%2Faa%2F06cdb76245c797976070a7d93c1b%2Fap21229830524118.jpg)
A sculpture rests in front of a destroyed Grizzly Flats home.
(Ethan Swope / Associated Press)
Dixie fire
![Flames billow from the windows of a two-story house.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4abe14d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6000x3984+0+0/resize/2000x1328!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F5b%2F93%2F547fbaeb4d8cac3e4183a2eeb1df%2Fap21229305457580.jpg)
A home burns Aug. 16 on Jeters Road as the fire jumped Highway 395 south of Janesville.
(Ethan Swope / Associated Press)
![A woman holds a child as an older man and two dogs sit in the bed of a pickup truck.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e23ff7e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6048x4024+0+0/resize/2000x1331!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fef%2Fa8%2F9f17218f4a588682dec469b81d45%2Fap21230229070060.jpg)
Destiney Barnard holds Raymond William Goetchius in the Doyle Quick Stop parkng lot. She was helping the family evacuate from Susanville when her car broke down.
(Noah Berger / Associated Press)
![Flames glow among towering pine trees.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5269916/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4000x2662+0+0/resize/2000x1331!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F83%2Fbf%2F06fe533b477fa59ad2ad6bc059c7%2Fap21226223952451.jpg)
The Dixie fire burns along a hillside near Taylorsville in Plumas County.
(Noah Berger / Associated Press)
![Two older men, one with a cane, sit looking stunned on a porch with two dogs.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/76b7c87/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2400x1596+0+0/resize/2000x1330!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F6e%2F81%2F5ce0d89448429c0c65a61ee6baf0%2Fla-photos-1staff-822039-la-me-dixie-fire1-mam.jpg)
Gould Fickardt, 71, left, and Woody Hovland, 70, sit with their dogs, Primer, right, and Sheva after their Greenville homes were destroyed.
(Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)
![Rows of burned cars sit amid blackened trees.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b1d8af3/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5403x3498+0+0/resize/2000x1295!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fcf%2Fc8%2F1e7e939e40699afb9bd23e85796d%2F822039-la-me-dixie-fire29-mam.jpg)
Burned cars and scorched trees in Greenville.
(Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)
![Flames leap from trees near an emergency vehicle on a two-lane road.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/ef24d3e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4856x3231+0+0/resize/2000x1331!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb0%2Fab%2Fd6f571f14ca784a67590d3a57121%2Fap21219014168121.jpg)
The Dixie fire jumps Highway 89 north of Greenville on Aug. 3.
(Noah Berger / Associated Press)
Cache fire
![CalFire firefighters extinguish hot spots in the at Creekside Mobile Home Park during Cache Fire in Clearlake](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/7853fb3/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x2001+0+0/resize/2000x1334!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F58%2F99%2F1e8a8dd4422982f0ced1f246121c%2Fgettyimages-1334948410.jpg)
CalFire firefighters extinguish hot spots in the burning rubble at Creekside Mobile Home Park during Cache Fire in Clearlake.
(Scott Strazzante/San Francisco Chronicle)
![Scorched cars line a property as the Cache fire burns in Clearlake.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/537effc/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6048x4024+0+0/resize/2000x1331!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Faa%2F68%2F63a17c3d4cc593e2c239766ebc3e%2Fap21231108219784.jpg)
(Noah Berger/Associated Press)
![Firefighters mop up at Cache Creek Mobile Home Estates where the Cache fire leveled dozens of residences in Clearlake.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a55339d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6048x4024+0+0/resize/2000x1331!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F3d%2Fc2%2F88b5dd3f4d048e148377d373b482%2Fap21231121180915.jpg)
(Noah Berger/Associated Press)
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