#DixieFire
New paper out! We document tornado-strength (98 mph) counter-rotating vortices that developed within California’s 2021 #DixieFire. These fire-generated vortices reshaped the fire front and spread, posing immediate risks to firefighters and civilians. doi.org/10.1175/MWR-...
November 15, 2025 at 1:48 AM
5 years ago today my house almost burnt down!! #dixiefire
August 17, 2026 at 4:48 PM
On the #DixieFire, radar shows bookend vortices develop as fire ramps up intensity/spread, including an area w/ “EF-1” estimated strength (nearly 100 mph) but with fire. This includes the “hook echoes” on radar #OSSTahoe 1/28/2025 #CAwx
January 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Regrowth in a burn scar #dixiefire #california #lifefindsaway
March 20, 2026 at 5:22 PM
#DixieFire ⚡️
#ThomasFire ⚡️
#WitchFire ⚡️
#LagunaFire ⚡️
#CampFire ⚡️
#EatonFire ??
When Utility companies prioritize profit they don’t prioritize burying power lines.

Too expensive for the consumer? Who do you think pays the 🔥 bill after they get sued.
As officials try to determine the cause of a fire that burned an estimated 7,000 structures in and around Altadena, investigators keep returning to one place: an electrical transmission tower in Eaton Canyon.

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January 13, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Residents of Genesee have been working to identify and implement alternative methods of forest fuel management. Their solution: goat grazing.

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#wildfire #goats #dixiefire #news #localnews #california #fire #wildlandfire #forestfire
Genesee turns to goats for wildfire protection | The Plumas Sun
Editor's note: Watch for a complementary story on herbicides tomorrow in The Plumas Sun. Neighbors, friends and supporters of Genesee Valley gathered Aug.
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August 26, 2026 at 10:51 PM
New, innovative efforts to combat wildfires by @calfire.bsky.social!!

#CalFire saved our family’s 80 year old cabin in Lassen National Forest during the #DixieFire.
Forever grateful!❤️
April 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
From the archives. This is a roadside picture of some of the devastation from the Dixie Fire. This is on the road to Mount Lassen.
January 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Forest managers say an overabundance brush will crowd out pine and fir seedlings emerging to rebuild the Sierra Nevada’s forests. Eventually they could permanently convert conifer forests to chaparral.

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#dixiefire #wildfire #california #herbicide #forestmanagement
Herbicides pose dilemma for forest managers | The Plumas Sun
On a sweltering August day in 2025, a crew clad head-to-toe in Tyvek suits dragged equipment and chemicals up a slope above the Indian Valley Community
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August 27, 2026 at 4:09 PM
The Plumas County Board of Supervisors is discussing the development of a policy to guide spending the funds the county has received for damages from the 2021 Dixie Fire.

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#plumascounty #plumas #theplumassun #dixiefire
Dixie Fire recovery funding nearly $60 million | The Plumas Sun
The Plumas County Board of Supervisors is discussing the development of a policy to guide spending the funds the county has received for damages from the
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February 6, 2025 at 3:34 AM
#IndianValley Recreation and Parks District cut a bright orange ribbon to open a new state-of-the-art fitness center at Indian Valley Academy Nov. 1

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#dixiefire #greenvilleCA
Indian Valley celebrates opening of new facilities | The Plumas Sun
A cheer went up in Greenville around noon Nov. 1 when members of the Indian Valley Recreation and Parks District cut a bright orange ribbon to open a new
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November 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Like the homeowners hell bent on rebuilding after the #DixieFire, Nellz Town Pump, The Valley Grind and Riley’s Jerky were among the businesses whose owners jumped on grants and federal loans, which allowed them to reopen.

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#plumas #plumascounty #theplumassun
HOUSING PART 3: The challenge of building communities | The Plumas Sun
Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of three stories focusing on housing in Plumas County. Part 1 ran Sunday, June 14. Part 2 ran
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June 28, 2026 at 8:15 PM
In May the #PlumasCounty Board of Supervisors adopted principles and priorities for spending the county’s #DixieFire settlement fund from PG&E. On June 6 the supervisors invited members of the public to offer specific suggestions at a workshop held in #GreenvilleCA.

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Public comments on Dixie Fire funding priorities | The Plumas Sun
In May the Plumas County Board of Supervisors adopted principles and priorities for spending the county’s Dixie Fire settlement fund from Pacific Gas and
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June 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Pyrocumulus clouds to the north (#beckwourthfire? #DixieFire?) and southeast (#TamarackFire) of Lake Tahoe.
November 17, 2024 at 9:42 PM
90-minute loop of the smoke from the #DixieFire in northeastern #California today.

Small oval along the California/Nevada border (at the bottom) is #LakeTahoe
November 22, 2024 at 8:33 PM
The #DixieFire grew 50,000 acres overnight, which is like burning the area of five Manhattans between sunset and sunrise.

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🌪️🌫️🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲
Image: Neal Waters https://watersphoto.com/
November 24, 2024 at 1:34 PM
CPUC fines PG&E 45 million for causing the #DixieFire, which cost taxpayers 637 million dollars. And signs off on rate increases to boot. www.sacbee.com/news/califor...
January 26, 2024 at 9:02 PM
The #DixieFire is now the largest single wildfire in California history. Currently at 446,723 acres.

We are in a climate emergency. Don't take your eyes off it. We all need to demand changes now.

https://yubanet.com/regional-fires/dixie/
Dixie, Jarbo Gap
Dixie, Butte Unit, Cal Fire. Unified command between IMT 1 (Cal Fire Team 1) and IMT 1 (GB Team 1). Fifteen miles northeast of Paradise, CA. Timber, light slash and brush. Active fire behavior with wind-driven runs, group torching and short-range spotting. Several communities, numerous structures and infrastructure threatened. Evacuations, area, road and trail closures […]
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November 4, 2024 at 4:49 PM
This is the air quality index around Lake Tahoe this morning. We go there Friday to stay for the school year. My daughter starts a week from Tuesday.

The highest (worst) category starts at 500.

We are in a climate emergency. #CaldorFire #DixieFire
November 4, 2024 at 4:29 PM
“These were two bedroom, two bath homes where you could raise a family. They were affordable. Now they were burned-out lots."

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#dixiefire #plumas #plumascounty #greenvilleca #housing #housingcrisis #localnews #localnewsmatters
HOUSING PART 1: The affordable housing crisis  | The Plumas Sun
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of three stories focusing on housing in Plumas County. Watch for Part 2 Sunday, June 21. At 5:30 p.m. Aug. 4,
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June 14, 2026 at 4:16 PM
An imposing two-story wood-framed building is rising on the corner of Greenville’s Main and Mill streets - a new museum to replace the previous structure, lost in the 2021 #DixieFire

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#plumas #plumascounty #greenvilleca #localhistory
Greenville Museum rebuilds structure lost in fire | The Plumas Sun
The Greenville Cy Hall Memorial Museum has been preserving local history and the community’s collective memory since it opened in 2010. Today the museum
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December 8, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Construction has begun on a new Public Safety Center in #GreenvilleCA

The 11,200-square-foot building will house the Fire Department, the #PlumasCounty Sheriff’s Office substation & ambulance. All were lost in the 2021 #DixieFire.

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Public Safety Center construction underway | The Plumas Sun
A story-high mound of dirt beside a yawning hole in the ground are sure signs of progress: Construction has begun on a Public Safety Center in Greenville
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November 7, 2025 at 7:26 PM