Greenville, small northern California town, heavily damaged by Dixie Fire

[jeffreyi]

No mention of any injuries or fatalities. Hope everybody got out. This fire is a monster.

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[denbot]

1. Heavy Damage my ass.

It looked like the main drag got wiped..

[Eugene]

2. 'We lost Greenville': Wildfire decimates California town

Source: Associated Press

‘We lost Greenville’: Wildfire decimates California town

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and NOAH BERGER
August 5, 2021

GREENVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A 3-week-old wildfire engulfed a tiny Northern California mountain town, leveling most of its historic downtown and leaving blocks of homes in ashes as crews braced for another explosive run of flames Thursday amid dangerous weather.

The Dixie Fire, swollen by bone-dry vegetation and 40 mph (64 kph) gusts, raged through the northern Sierra Nevada community of Greenville on Wednesday. A gas station, church, hotel, museum and bar were among the fixtures gutted in the town dating back to California’s gold rush era where some wooden buildings were more than 100 years old.

The fire “burnt down our entire downtown. Our historical buildings, families homes, small businesses, and our children’s schools are completely lost,” Plumas County Supervisor Kevin Goss wrote on Facebook.

“We lost Greenville tonight,” U.S. Rep. Doug LaMalfa, who represents the area, said in an emotional Facebook video. “There’s just no words.”

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/fires-environment-and-nature-california-13faa6976260a4a9e10906c70b4ed2d0

[FreeState]

3. Very small town. The map makes it look like

We saw most of the downtown:

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