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Wildfire shuts down highway in Southern California

Thick smoke from the Alisal fire near Santa Barbara, California, Oct. 11, 2021.

The Alisal fire near Santa Barbara, California, quickly exploded in size Monday, prompting evacuation orders and the partial closure of a major highway.

The fire began in the Santa Ynez Mountains above Alisal Reservoir. Smoke and flames were visible atop the hillside between the Gaviota Coast and the Santa Ynez Valley.

The fire quickly burned more than 50 acres and was spreading fast, according to Los Padres National Forest officials.

VegetationFire- #Alisal Fire. SBC Firefighters knock down...

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Humongous Dixie fire threatening more California towns

Helicopter dropping water onto the Dixie fire in northern California, Aug. 13, 2021.

The humongous Dixie fire in Northern California is still burning out of control as firefighters battle uncooperative weather conditions.

Related: Dixie fire spreading, now second biggest in California history

As of late Wednesday evening, the Dixie fire had burned more than 660,000 acres, about three times the size of Manhattan.

The wildfire led to a new round of evacuation orders as gusty winds helped spread the fire within about 8 miles of Susanville, California, which has an estimated...

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Dixie fire spreading, now second biggest in California history

Crews at the Dixie fire in northern California on August 4, 2021.

Over the weekend, the Dixie fire in northern California became the second-largest wildfire in the state’s history. Thousands of residents remained under evacuation orders Sunday and thousands of buildings stood in the fire’s path.

#DixieFire destroys numerous structures near Taylorsville, Ca as it grows over 500,000 acres. pic.twitter.com/GLEZ0kPhIk

— WXChasing (Brandon Clement) (@bclemms) August 10, 2021

The Dixie fire began the afternoon of July 13 and leveled much of the historic Sierra...

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