Northern California fires burn 820,000 acres, thousands still evacuated
Firefighters face extreme fire conditions and strong wind gusts this week as they battle several major wildfires burning throughout Northern California. Almost 10,300 firefighters were working North State fires as of Monday, including the recently-ignited Morgan Fire burning east of the small Tehama County town of Mineral near the 570,000-acre Dixie Fire. Dixie was the largest of the fires, which altogether burned through 821,415 acres as of Monday morning. Thousands of residents are still under evacuation orders.