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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Dixie Fire becomes California’s second largest wildfire ever, spanning across 4 counties

    The Northern California-based Dixie Fire became the second largest wildfire in state history over the weekend. Burning across four counties since mid-July, it’s consumed about half a million acres and destroyed hundreds of structures.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Aug 9, 2021 • 8m Listen

    The Northern California-based Dixie Fire became the second largest wildfire in state history over the weekend. Burning across four counties since mid-July, it’s consumed about half a million acres and destroyed hundreds of structures. Last week, it leveled nearly the entirety of the city of Greenville in Plumas County. The cause of the fire is believed to be a tree falling on a Pacific Gas and Electric powerline, but Governor Gavin Newsom is also blaming climate change.

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    1. 0:00Heat, wildfires, air pollution: Multiple extremes will occur more often, says UN report co-author
    2. 10:15Dixie Fire becomes California’s second largest wildfire ever, spanning across 4 countiesYou’re reading this
    3. 18:53Can you OD from touching fentanyl? How that myth gained a foothold among first responders
    4. 29:13Florida cruise ship company won the legal right to ask passengers to be vaccinated
    5. 37:18How Woodstock ‘99 devolved into violence and anarchy, as shown in new HBO documentary
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