Village volunteers support California in battle against Dixie Fire

Record ID: 1911539

  • Title: Village volunteers support California in battle against Dixie Fire
  • Date: 16th August 2021
  • Summary: SHOTLIST: CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (AUGUST 16, 2021) (AAVN - ACCESS ALL) 1. DEVASTATED AREAS 1. SIGN (English) CRESCENT MILLS FIRE DEPARTMENT 2. FIREFIGHTER DRIVING VEHICLE 3. VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTER AT DEVASTATED AREA 4. FIREFIGHTER DRIVING VEHICLE 5. VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTER WALKING AT SCENE 6. VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTING VEHICLES IN STREET 7. SOUNDBITE (English) VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER THOMAS RIEHL SAYING: "It is a big area… I am showing them around, you know. I am showing them basically where they can get water where the bathroom is." 8. VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTING VEHICLES AAVN SCRIPT: Residents of a village in California are providing assistance to the country's fight against the Dixie Fire, is now considered the second-largest fire in the US state's history. The volunteer firefighters of Crescent Mills village, in Plumas County, began patrolling in the village as it was affected by the fire, which sparked on July 13. The Dixie Fire is the sixth-largest fire in California’s history which ripped through an area of 322,502 acres, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire). Thousands of people in the area had to evacuate their homes due to the massive fires in its third week. The US state of Oregon also witnessed the largest forest fires in its history. The blazes, which started on July 6, have burned over 413,000 acres of land and 84% is under control.
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