The Dixie Fire has been breaking records since it sparked on July 13. It is now the first fire Cal Fire recorded to have burned from west to east across the Sierra Crest.
Cal Fire Chief Thom Porter begins this week's special by speaking about the unprecedented conditions affecting the fire's rapid rate of spread.
In this half-hour, NSPR's Andre Byik visited Susanville to talk with both residents and evacuees about how they were doing as the town remained in the fire's path.
Also, wildfire scientist Zeke Lunder explores how we should proceed in the future once the smoke clears.
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