an and street in near greenville, or in greenville. i was checking earlier with this parts of greenville are okay. but in the last few hours, of course, as you see here, it kind of has a paradise look to bidwell and street is the information i'm getting. again. it is just dry and a fire like this 234 years ago wouldn't be doing this activity. this extreme activity would have been squashed a while back, but everything is just tinder dry. so this is our world right now. this is the way it is in california until we get those for frames. one more thing when you get a giant fire like this. this is something you never really think about. rarely do we put these out? usually they get put out by the weather by by winter, coming by rain coming in a fire like this, they would have 100% containment on this thing, potentially until the first rains in october. believe it or not, i'll see you back here with our forecast, and hopefully some better news. alright bill. we'll see you then. thank you tonight, cal fire, says 35 to 40 structures have been d

john henderson is near the town of greenville in california and joined us. now. john, just tell us what's happening around you and roughly how far roughly the distance between where you are now and greenville. well, we are very close to greenville that is the town that this dixie fire just in gold 24 hours ago. what happened was high winds checked up, winds of over 65 kilometers per hour, and this is the outskirts of greenville you can see a car burning over here soon, some 1st responders responding to that scene. and then if you just look behind me here, this is a helicopter that has been dropping either water or fire retarded on some of these fires because they've crossed it over to both sides of the road. and if we keep moving over this way, that town that's sign, they're welcome you to the town of greenville. and as we move on here, you can see those 1st sponder is going into the town, which has been just absolutely decimated. and then over here, these are vehicles that were apparently abandoned outside of down as people left. and you can see they have been,

the most visible casualty is the destruction of greenville. risoto visited with a resident who lost everything except hope. >> reporter: there are some places where words just aren't enough. downtown greenville is such a place. >> i had my counter right there. >> reporter: amid the rubble lies ken darnell's dream, which up until the firestorm was darnell's music. >> there were guitars along the wall. we had our brand new ice cream freezer. there's the vehicle i traveled out from texas in, in 1979. it was a funky, happy place to be with a lot of odd and eclectic people. >> reporter: mostly, this historic gold rush town lives now only in memory. >> a whole bed of square nails. >> reporter: 52 businesses. many from the 1800s, wiped away. brand new streetlights put up a few years ago melted and contorted. >> it just stripped the asphalt off the road. you see germany in world war ii right after the allied bombing campaign, that's exactly what this looks like. greenville is here. >> reporter: the dixie fire has spread its path of destruction across

reportero: greenville se parece hoy a una ciudad destruida por un bombardeo.dras, negocios y vÍdeos quedaron reducidas en cenizas. este pequeÑo pueblo escondido en las montaÑas no se pudo ocultar de la furia de las llamas. [habla en inglÉs] reportero: el alguacil que creciÓ en el pueblo dice tener el corazÓn destrozado. el nivel de destrucciÓn es difÍcil expresar con palabras, un vecino dice que parece que aquÍ cayÓ una bomba atÓmica. aquÍ estaba la oficina del alguacil, sÓlo queda el esqueleto del edificio, el Único edificio que se mantiene en pie es esta pequeÑa cÁrcel. la poblaciÓn pudo escapar a tiempo. el gigantesco incendio terminÓ con greenville y amenaza con todo a su paso. los bomberos estÁn tratando de defender el pueblo de chester, sus residentes tuvieron que abandonar las casas. por suerte, los vientos se calman. >> eso significa que es algo bueno para nuestros bomberos, poner nuestras lÍneas de contenciÓn y nos da una oportunidad para proteger a las ciudades como chester y greenville. reportero: las imÁgenes de satÉlite dejan en claro la magnitud

greenville has a population of just over 1,100. it's about 120 miles northeast of chico in the sierra. a large part of the downtown area that is completely destroyed. homes are leveled as well. the dixie fire has now been burning for about three weeks. it's already california's eighth largest fire ever. some bay area firefighters are lending their help on the front lines. >>> 150 miles south of greenville, more devastation from a new fire that started yesterday afternoon. the river fire is burning in placer and nevada counties. cal fire says the biggest challenge for firefighters right now is trying to stay ahead of the new spot fire. it has already burned at least 1,400 acres. >>> let's check in with meteorologist, kari hall, and she has been covering the weather conditions up there. >> as we look at the weather conditions around those two fires, we have a cool start to the fire and calm winds and hopefully they are able to get more containment before our temperatures heat up, heading up towards the 90s to the river fire, and dixi

north of greenville. greenville still has active fire and a structure assessment going on at the same time. we're still continuing to fight the fire to our firefighters and our aerial resources are working in concert to drop retarded, and water. well, our ground crews and dozers and heavy equipment and engines are working to provide structure protection. some fires were sparked by lightning strikes, a local utility, pacific gas and electric says its equipment might have sparked the dixie fire, which shows no signs of abating john hendrick, al jazeera, greenville california. dan porter is director of the california forest program at the nature conservancy. he says the increase in while 5 is related to both climate change and government policy. unfortunately, the last part of this year are becoming a part of our more common trends in california. do a combination of long standing fire suppression, where we excluded fire from, from our forest involved with frequent fire, as well as the effect of climate change on the land management side of things. we know that for us so this year in neva

the images of greenville were just 6. it's extraordinary, really, the land completely scorched and we are seeing these heat waves and drought reach in historic records not just are in california, but in other places across the west and u. s, and i suppose that makes it much honda for the fire fighters to get it under control. that's right. there are tens of thousands of firefighters battling bout 100 blazes across 13 states and the western us and the conditions are like that. all over, scientists believe that this is part of global warming. that creates the volatile conditions, the high winds, the lack of rain that is fueling these fires. and if that's true, that means we're only going to see more of them as the planet continues to warm up . there is, believe it or not, a bigger fire than this one right here. just north of the border in oregon. so these fires are happening all over the place. the public information officer i talked to earlier said the number of fires we're seeing isn't terribly unusual for recent years, b

just one day after that blaze tore through greenville. more homes have been lost just north and canyon dam that fire has burned more than 564 square miles. in both flummox and view counties. authorities say four people are now missing and that more homes have been lost to this huge and stubborn fire. this video comes from the tiny town of canyon dam, which is at the southern end of lake al manure that's just north of greenville, another small town that was gutted by the fire just last night. the wind has shifted from where it was yesterday. so that now the fires starting to burn in a different direction, which is presenting another challenge for our firefighters out there and. down in the valley, where i was most of the day we had some very, very impressive been scary looking about pira cumulus that so many people have been talking about now. a fire destroyed much of greenville back in 18 81, but was quickly rebuilt with 500 people living there a year later, now about 800 people call greenville home, but much of it as we mentioned is now

north of greenville, greenville still has active fire and a structure assessment going on at the same time. we're still continuing to fight the fire to our firefighters and our aerial resources are working in concert to drop retarded, and water. well, our ground crews and dozers and heavy equipment and engines are working to provide structure protection. some fires were sparked by lightning strikes, a local utility, pacific gas and electric says its equipment might have sparked the dixie fire, which shows no sign of abating john henderson. al jazeera, greenville california greece as prime ministers, urging people to obey evacuation orders. as emergency crews baffled dozens of wildfires for a full day, he says unprecedented conditions have turned the country into a powder keg. an intense heat wave and brown fueling blazes, including this one north of athens, which we ignited off the 5 vises had bullshit on the control. same bas, wrong. he sent us this report. only hours after an announcement that fires north of athens had been put out, the blaze was back and bigger than before, the ord

most of greenville's central business district has been destroyed.eetlights even melted because of the extreme heat. it is known as the dixie fire. it has been burning for three weeks, being fed by high doctors, strong winds, and low humidity. john hendren is just outside the town of greenville. i spoke to him earlier. he has more on the dixie's fire -- dixie fire. john: we are close to greenville, the town that this dixie fire just engulfed when he four hours ago. what happened was high winds picked up, winds of over 65 kilometers per hour, and this is the outskirts of greenville. you can see a car burning over here. some first responders responding to that seen. if you look behind me, this is a helicopter that has been dropping either water or fire retardant on some of these fires because they have crossed over to both sides of the road. if we keep moving over this way, that town, that sign their welcomes you to the town of greenville. as we move on, you can see those first responders going into the town, which has been just absolutely decimated. t

witnesses in greenville say flames from the dixie fire have leveled the town. the town's sheriff's office, jail, library, stores, restaurants and a hotel all reportedly burning to the ground. and this video showing home after home on fire, but this dollar store seemingly untouched. local congressman doug lamalfa getting emotional during a facebook video with a large smoke bloom visible in the background. >> we lost greenville tonight, and there's just not words for it. >> reporter: the three-week-old dixie fire is now the eighth largest fire in state history destroying more than 278,000 acres. the forest service is calling this fire season a national crisis fueled by extreme drought. 2021 is already outpacing last year, which was the most destructive fire session on record. congressman lamalfa saying something has to be done. >> all of us and the government hasn't been able to get the job done for you. we'll take up the fight even harder. >> there are no reports of injuries. most of greenville's 800 residents had already evacuated. >>> a grim new forecast when

north of greenville, greenville still has active fire and a structure assessment going on at the same time. we're still continuing to fight the fire to our firefighters and our aerial resources are working in concert to drop retarded, and water. well, our ground crews and dozers and heavy equipment and engines are working to provide structure protection. some fires were sparked by lightning strikes, a local utility, pacific gas and electric says its equipment might have sparked the dixie fire, which shows no signs of abating john henry and al jazeera greenville california. china has a keys, the bite and administration of violently interfering, and it's a 5. this is also the u. s. off a temporary, safe haven to thousands of hong kong citizens currently in america. it's in response to asians crackdown on democracy in the city. if you're appears to gray and forces have sees the ancient town of lovely bella. churches camped from rock or you and world heritage site and sacred to ethiopia. millions of orthodox christians have a fighting between icon forces and the taliban has continued over

most of downtown greenville is now rubble and ashes. we gotta. couple of things left that can see that we can maybe salvage, but it's just gone and the, uh, jail is still standing. the little tiny old jail that's about it, but. no, it's very emotional, um, very upsetting representative doug lem alpha stood outside what used to be greenville's fire station on thursday. well, here we are in the in the ruins. brandon clement chases extreme weather events for a living. he described what it was like being inside the dixie fire's path on wednesday, feeling winds nearing 60 mph. it was one of the more intensive burners other received. there were structures fully involved fully in go. was just about everywhere i looked, the wind was screaming. it was it was blowing hard enough to where it was actually gripping sheet metal, often roofs that were already on fire, he said. many of the people who owned vacation homes along like al manar also lost homes when they can't fire tore through the city of paradise in 2018, so they're being traumatized and impact it

the blaze wiped out the historic gold rush era town of greenville.and businesses were destroyed, thousands of other homes in the area are being threatened. >>> president biden is hoping to jump start the switch to electric vehicles. a new executive order sets an ambitious goal, half of all vehicles sold should be electric by 2030. his administration also wants to cut emissions from cars that run on gas. ben tracy has more. >> reporter: president biden took a drive in an electric jeep wrangler after signing his executive order. >> it's electric and there's no turning back, but we just have to move and we have to move fast. >> reporter: but accelerating the transition to evs may not be so quick. americans still love their gas guzzlers, trucks, vans and suvs make up three quarters of new sales so far this year. evs are just 2%. >> is it possible to get to 50% by the end of the decade? >> it is. >> reporter: michael regan is the administrator of the environmental protection agency. they had proposed stricter new emissions standards for cars and trucks de

we lost greenville tonight, and.for hope person government haven't been able to get the job doing. this is not the first time it has had to rise from its ashes. fire destroyed much of the town in 18 81 140 years ago but was quickly rebuilt with 500 people living there a year later nowadays in this video shot before the fire about 800 people. called greenville home, but much of it now gone, people are worried about their pets because they had to flee without them, and they're worried about their homes. jessica popping housing state as long as she could. they need gas and food, propane. that's why we're staying and we want to keep our business hopes. hopefully it won't burn underneath the white clouds this noah satellite video shows the flames and the light gray smoke. belching from the epic fire. wildfire has been a plague on this region. we've been through too much of this with the bear fire last year, lled berry creek and forms town. and obviously before in t. 90% of the town of paradise destroyed car, fire up and r

that's what's important. >> reporter: heavy clouds in greenville. we found fire chief sergio mora. >> it's difficult. >> reporter: mora was there o fo provide safety to fellow firefighters as they battle flames, his 23rd day on the job. this is mora as the fire engulfed the town. one of the last things he did is close the doors to the fire station. >> hope i never have to see this again. the post office, bank, library, fire station, couple ofk, lib churches, a lot of people's homes, their livelihood. >> reporter: all too quickly, this fire erased a part of california's history that can never be restored. and at this hour it's still unclear if everyone escaped alive. the red flag warnings continue through this evening. expecting wind gusts up to 35 miles per hour and already a flurry of mandatory evacuations issued in the last hour. bill. >> whitaker: thank you, jonathan. that is a beautifully deeply forested part of california. so tragic. tonight, news about one of the of the covid vaccines. moderna say its shots remain effective at least six months

well, this is the center of greenville and most of this town has been wiped out. this happened about 24 hours ago about this time on wednesday when the winds kicked jumped over 60 kilometers per hour. that just allowed the fire that was already enormous about the size of new york city to explode. and when it did it over ran this town, you can see the skies have cleared now, but that is because the fire is consumed much of the fuel that was here, all this dry timber and of course the town itself and just move you on and grease it worse, heat wave and decades. this triggered a 100 wild, far as the major blazes of burning on the greek islands of via one on the outskirts of athens. as we ignited. if you, if you see ryan rebels to seize control of the ancient tone of lowly bella, scientists have been targeting the strategic form region as well as i'm horror. we're on the bellows locators, it's own as a unesco world. heritage site the sacred from millions v c o p and author of chris orthodox christians. the us is calling on the rebels to protect its cultural heritage. m

for now reporting greenville jennifer mcgraw. >> back to you. all right. jennifer looks pretty grim up there. thanks for that live report. plumas county. let's check in now with a. our chief meteorologist storms. karl, tell us more about the smoky situation there and across california yeah, of course we have the smoke here early on. but now that is starting to clear out looking good outside right now. >> this is why we're getting that nice marine influence. you see that on shore. bush low clouds and fog that helped to sweep a lot of the smoke out the atmosphere. so really looking very nice around much of the bay area. now good air quality in the san francisco mill valley. some moderate amounts of pollutants into oakland. also in livermore and in the san jose. otherwise looking good around the bay area for this evening. but you can see the smoke around the fire. now, the interaction here in the atmosphere. you start to sweep it since we've been a little bit offshore that has some of the concerning motion for me as we could see some of that get intermixed mo

al jazeera, greenville california. if you, if he is going rebels, have seized control of the ancient town of labella in the north and recent weeks, tpl fighters photography, the strategically important to all region as well as i'm hotter where about it is located for the rebels. it's a symbolic victory and a significant incursion felt the town is a unesco world heritage site and the sacred some millions of ethiopian orthodox christians. it's known for its 12th century churches, carved out of rock. the u. s. is calling on the rebels to protect its cultural heritage. china has attacked the us offers of temporary refuge for people from hong kong present. joe biden says anyone from hong kong residing in the us will be allowed to stay for another 18 months and respond to what he said is paging ongoing crackdown on freedoms. well, adrian brown joins us live now from hong kong. adrian, what reaction has there been? so far to the sofa. well kim, as you might expect, the response from china has been fairly blunt. there was a te

north of greenville. greenville still has active fire and a structure assessment going on at the same time. we're still continuing to fight the fire to our firefighters and our aerial resources are working in concert to drop retarded, and water. well, our ground crews and dozers and heavy equipment and engines are working to provide structure protection. some fires were sparked by lightning strikes, a local utility, pacific gas and electric says its equipment might have sparked the dixie fire, which shows no signs of abating john hendrick. al jazeera, greenville california. i was getting one from dan porter. he's the director of the california forest program and the nature conservancy, and joyce is not from san francisco. it's great to have you with us here on al jazeera, our viewers will be watching these report. the far that's burning for 3 weeks. the pictures are certainly all full. just put this in some context foras. one usual are these far as high battle? are they compared to, to previous world? far as which has to be said or are fairly common in this region. well, thank you for

the dixie fire tore through the small town of greenville tonight.ames ripping through buildings, leaving a gas station hotel bar and more all burned to the ground. greenville is on highway 89, southeast of lake alma, nor about 800. people livere. the dixie fire has been burning for three weeks and has burned nearly 280,000 acres so far.

: these scenes of greenville devastated by the dixie fire are both startling and familiar. >> a little part of you always think it is won't happen to me, until it does. >> reporter: and it has. the piles of debris, reminders of fires in paradise, the santa cruz hills and the 2017 tubbs fire. >> and i woke up in the middle of the night smelling smoke. >> reporter: for jennifer gray thompson, her home didn't burn in the tubbs fire. >> it was like a bomb went off. >> reporter: in the days after the fire few knew what to do next. >> we didn't have any navigational help outside of the official channels of fema. >> reporter: so thompson and other fire survivors formed a non-profit group called after the fire, gathering knowledge about fire recovery and passing it along. >> so we come into communities like this, and we help them navigate wildfires. >> reporter: last week, thompson walked through the remains of greenville, meeting with residents like wil myers, and ken darnell whose home and business lie in the ashes. they tell them what to expect in the days and years ahead, helps them naviga

george wally has lived in greenville for the past five years. now he's one of the four members of the indian valley fire and rescue department who need a new home. he lost his house while trying to save the town. he says greenville is a close knit community but now many who lived in the town are struggling. i had a fellow firefighter living next door to me married with three little kids. he lost his home as well. another one lost his business. another one lost his car. he parked his car at the station that go fight fires and. he has car got destroyed. despite this tragedy while he returned to the front lines to fight the dixie fire, and he says he's confident greenville will be able to rebuild go fund me page is to help those four firefighters who lost their homes have been set up. new report shows another increasing crimes against asian americans the help headed to oakland's chinatown and why local leaders say that might not be enough. and a very weather. we're tracking a lot for today into the weekend. some fog, some higher clouds and also a b

that is greenville. behind us. let me bring in somebody, you can tell us a lot more about what happened. tim jones is a public information officer for this eastern sector. and let me ask you, just for starters, what happened in the past 24 hours over the last 24 hours. we've had explosive fire growth, driven by winds out of the west and south west meter and ologist have given a red flag warning where we have historically dry conditions. mo, humidity, low fuel moisture combined with those winds that drove the fire in their fire was fed by winds is over 60 kilometers an hour. pretty high winds and the winds are a little lower today. what's, what are the priorities for today? so the priorities today are to aggressively attack fire perimeter, north of drain volts. greenville still has active fire and a structure assessment going on at the same time. we're still continuing to fight to fire our firefighters and our aerial resources are working in concert to drop retarded, and water. well, our ground crews and dozers and

north of greenville, greenville still has active fire and a structure assessment going on at the same time. we're still continuing to fight to fire our firefighters and our aerial resources are working in concert. drop, retarded, and water. well, our ground crews and dozers and heavy equipment and engines are working to provide structure protection. some fires were sparked by lightning strikes, a local utility, pacific gas and electric says its equipment might have sparked the dixie fire, which shows no signs of abating john henry and al jazeera greenville california and wildfire burning across parts of grief, forced more evacuations near athens firefighters. continued their effort through the night to stop the flames from reaching populated areas, prime minister, urging people to obey the evacuation order than not to try to defend their own home . san posada results now from athens. only hours after an announcement that fires north of athens had been put out, the blaze was back and bigger than before, the order to evacuate. the small town below came suddenly, when the church bells be

that is where it is really busy in between greenville and chester. the alameda county fire department coordinating the strike team that is five fully staffed fire engines and team leaders. a crew of more than 20 firefighters. >> we have very experienced crews up there who have seen a lot of fire in their years. you know, extreme fire behavior is what we are seeing now, this year and the last. the dixie fire is indicative of that. >> reporter: when she talked to the bay area strike team assigned to the greenville area they described intense fire conditions. including swirling winds and unstoppable crown fires where the fire jumps from tree to tree. flames shooting hundreds of feet into the air. >> when they lost greenville it was the crown fire. one of the, you know, fastest moving dangerous fires we can face and very hard to stop. >> we have had some pretty extreme conditions out there over the last 48 hours. we have a lot of folks in there. >> reporter: katie, where is the strike team now and what are they going to be doing tonight? >> reporter: so

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greenville, california, engulfed in flames after the dixie fire consumed it in about three hours, twisting and swallowing houses whole you can hear the crackle of the fire tearing through the wood, whipping around in the wind. a car and house engulfed in a raging inferno and then the eerie silence of the smoldering aftermath a historic gold rush town reduced to ashes 100-year-old buildings along main street crumbled, sheriff's office, restaurants, saloons and homes. fire officials estimate 75% of the structures in town have been destroyed. the only good news, no deaths and no injuries reported this hour some 500 firefighters battled the blaze from all sides and one managed to save an american flag others stood amid wreckage of what they could not save and an emotional plea from a congressman saying the government needs to do more. >> we lost greenville tonight. there are just not words camp fire, car fire, air fire just above here last year and now this we have to do better >> greenville, just north of sacramento is just 40 miles away from paradise, the town destroyed by the camp fire thre

jeannie nguyen is in greenville with a look at what's left. >> this is what's left of greenville after the dixie fire made its way through here 2 days ago. what was once homes, businesses and historic buildings are now all gone again. the dixie fire is 35% contained and has burned more than 432,000 acres and 91 structures have been destroyed. jeff gillette with the california inter agency management team says the fire initially came through greenville as a small spot fire. of course, that quickly changed as the flames move through the structures. mandatory evacuations were in place. but gillette says there were some residents who chose to stay behind fire crews ended up rescuing those people just in time. this is a community that was thriving before the fire. >> and it's very sad situation. this is something we don't want to see and just about 10 miles up the road in canyon dam. the scene doesn't look much different as the fire. >> tore through the small town last night. again, homes, businesses, all gone. fire. officials believe the fire is headed north east of this area and firefight

la poblaciÓn de greenville desapareciÓ consumida por las llamas.anoche perdimos a greenville". el incendio comenzÓ hace tres semanas y continÚa avanzando, es uno de 96 que avanza en la naciÓn. el clima estÁ cambiando, las temperaturas son mÁs altas y todo estÁ mÁs seco. al norte de sacramento, cerca de la ciudad de colfax, otro incendio arde fuera de control, miles tuvieron que ser evacuados. >> mirÉ el humo y dije que esto no es de aquÍ. luis. a los 93 aÑos, francisco suÁrez estuvo por ser evacuado. >> como por 15 minutos ya no miraba mis Árboles, quÉ pasÓ? luis: pero finalmente se pudo quedar en casa. otros no han tenido la misma suerte. los bomberos tienen todavÍa mucho trabajo por delante, y no hablamos de dÍas, sino semanas. ilia: quÉ es en este momento lo que mÁs preocupa a los bomberos, luis? luis: fundamentalmente, los vientos, que se espera que sean mÁs intensos a la tarde. la temperatura es alta, el clima, muy seco, la vegetaciÓn, tambiÉn, y los vientos impulsan las llamas, las que los bomberos no pueden controlar. jorge: la sequÍa se agr

greenville had thrived since the rush.of the california gold >> say good-bye to greenville. >> reporterook just for now. >> reporter: it took just an hour for these buildings to be incinerated, all from a fire that's now burned for more than three weeks, starting small near the town of paradise, and then, growing exponentially this week, it exploded, now becoming the third largest wildfire in california history. of the state's seven biggest fires ever, six have occurred in the last year. >> we're seeing truly frightening fire behavior. we really are in uncharted territory around some of these extreme large fires. >> reporter: it's also leaving behind a trail of misery. >> we'll be okay. they'll get new toys and everything. but it's just memories. >> reporter: and tonight, more towns threatened and new evacuations. >> the fire goes over kitty ridge, then we will leave. >> reporter: if all signs point to it's coming here, you're ready to get out of here? >> right, if we see flames, we're gone. >> reporter: and for good reason. we're standing in front of what used to be a general store. th

they lost everything. >> downtown greenville.he once lively hub for locals and visitors is nothing but choke filled smoke in the air and building after building decimated down to rubble among the longstanding businesses is hunter ace hardware which has been around for 93 years. all our customers in. >> friends. we consider them family and it's just devastating for all of us. because all our friends lost their you know, they lost their livelihoods. all the businesses. it's just hard to see. >> yeah, guys. and for those who lost everything, they still fear that it will be several days before they're allowed back into their neighborhoods. reporting in downtown greenville. rowena shaddox fox 40 news. >> right now on kron 4 dot com. we have tips to get you ready for the upcoming fire season just scan. the qr code on your screen. with your mobile device and you'll be taken to our website at kron 4 dot com. let's talk about our 4 zone forecast tonight. a live look at sfo. you could see those clouds just hanging in the back along with a

this is what's left of greenville after the dixie fire made its way through here 2 days ago. >> whats, businesses and historic buildings are now all gone again. the dixie fire is 35% contained and has burned more than 432,000 acres and 91 structures have been destroyed. jeff gillette with the california interagency management team says the fire initially came through greenville as a small spot fire. of course, that quickly changed as the flames move through the structures. mandatory evacuations were in place. but gillette says there were some residents who chose to stay behind fire crews ended up rescuing those people just in time. this is a community that was thriving before the fire. >> and it's very sad situation. this is something we don't want to see and just about 10 miles up the road in canyon dam. the scene doesn't look much different as the fire tore through the small town last night. again, homes businesses, all gone. fire. officials believe the fire is headed north east of this area and firefighters continue to put in containment lines. >> in greenville, jeannie nguyen. >>

unfortunately greenville is a horrible example of what can anh is happening all too often in the west with the conditions we are seeing >> chief thom porter, the best to you and the crews and the people there thanks so much >> thank you >>> there is new urgency tonight for booster shots here in the united states as the covid delta variant spreads. "the wall street journal" is reporting the fda expects a national strategy for administering extra doses in weeks. the news comes as anthony fauci says the white house is working to get additional shots to americans with compromised immune systems people who have had organ transplants or living with hiv >> it is extremely important for us to move to get those individuals their boosters we are now working on that and we will make it be implemented as quickly as possible because for us and for the individuals involved it is a high priority >> in addition to immunocompromised, the journal reports that people who got shots in december and january could need an extra shot as early as this month. meg tirrell covers science and medical for us this

he spoke to the man that owns this gas station in greenville. he said. the owner and his wife are now homeless. he was really upset. he lost both houses and his gas station and everything and he's not sure what he's gonna do. you know, we're not sure. you know, it's just going to have to sink in a little bit. we're going to have to and supervisor gods also told me that greenville recently finished a massive $15 million revitalization of the downtown a few years ago. now all that hard work is undone. aundre ashamed to see what has been happening there, emma gossip reporting for us, emma. thank you. meantime, containment is growing in the river fire, which started wednesday in the sierra foothills. containment is now up to 40% from 30% earlier today, it's burned 2600 acres along the bear river near colfax. cal fire says at least 88 buildings have been destroyed about 6000 people across plaster. nevada counties had to evacuate, and some of those evacuation orders have been lifted tonight. what's a popular area for tourists will now visitors will have to bri

live in greenville. sarah stinson kron 4 news. thanks, sarah. >> 500 on the air quality. i just put mine up and in where i live in the north bay. it's 39. it gives you an idea powerful up there. all right. now, what about the cause the fire. it's not official, but they think it was a pg line. and now we're learning that that specific power line that is believed to have sparked the blaze was supposed to be buried underground. they just hadn't gotten the full approval yet to do it the la times reports the forest service gave the green light last july for that line to be varied and the state granted a permit for the project last october. >> but pg e says it still didn't have all the necessary approval needed. >> to actually bury the line. the company also says inspectors found no problems with the power equipment in the area where the dixie fire started. but about a month ago the utility did acknowledge that it's lines may have sparked both the dixie and the fly fires which later merged. >> well, another bi

well this is the center of greenville and most of this town has been.

others in the area are making as well greenville. they let us go back. you know my uncle and when they were my sister's house in quincy on with the trailer. they went back home the next night blew up. california's largest single was far showing no signs of letting up as disability continues to deteriorate. fire crews hoping the weather improves. in the meantime, they continue to protect structures and drawn lines to slow the fire down. plus around the community fight indian falls greenville and canyon dam thought devastation. >> fire crews are now trying to protect preston built what happened greenville's us an absolute shame. steve hopes his in-laws home doesn't face the same fate, but he believes the dixie fire could have been avoidable and something needs to change. i think the people that i'm allowed to get like this need to hold accountable. >> gurajpal sangha reporting for us tonight. >> the dixie fire doesn't seem to be letting up any time soon. but an investigation is already underway into what sparked it. a federal judge has ordered pg e to expl

okay, john, 100 the live for us from greenville california. thank you john. well, i get an update from greece and i, a blaze in the northern suburbs of athens has 3 kids. old st survey isn't us need us. we're here just above the national road, a major highway, a corridor that runs north and south along the length of the country and fire rescue teams have been using it as a kind of trench to try to fight the fire to try to keep the fire from crossing this line, to try to hold it back from spreading across the highway and into dry parts of the area here on the other side of the highway and spreading into the greater athens area for rescue team so far have been successful. however, we've seen that these fires seem to have an insatiable appetite, at least on one occasion since we've been up here, we've seen the fire jump across the highway. immediately rescue workers reacted down the flames. a helicopter came in and dropped water over the flames and pushed it back. but we have to say that the temperatures over these fires are so hot that helicopters that had to s

utter destruction in downtown greenville.the fire destroyed all but perhaps 3 structures in the area. well, hunter ace hardware has been a mainstay here in downtown greenville for more than 90 years. but as you can see, this is all that's left of the 3 story structure. you know, so much history in that store. 3 stories high. >> used to have a meat market. a barbershop in debt groceries. >> kimberly prices fiance who is also the town's assistant fire chief owns the hardware shop. it's been in his family for 3 generations. he was too upset to talk considering he also lost 2 homes to the fire. >> we see pictures of the hardware store and getting leaves first to it. if you carry. >> but in the midst of all the devastation is a silver lining kimberly's home survived the destructive flames. really for that. i feel set for that my hope that they're there the family says they're grateful to the community and their friends who are there to help them during this time. we love you. you're in ar hearts. and we will gain are. coun back gr

greenville has been burned to the ground. you can see e wnheriff's office, jail, library, stores, restaurants and hotel have been destroyed and destroyed 278,000 acres and burning near paradise, which had its own wildfire in 2018. local congressman got emotional during a facebook video. >> we lost greenville tonight. there are no words how we haven't been able to get the job done. we wiltake up the fight harder. >> that dixie fire is the eighth largest fire in state history. the fire is only 35% contained and pg&e has alerted state regulators that its equipment may have sparked the live fire before it merged with the dixie fire. >>> south of the dixie fire, cal fire is battling the river fire which was parked yesterday morning near colfax. this 1400 acre fire has forced evacuations of 7000 homes. firefighters have zero containment. >>> u.s. agriculture secretary is pledging to but more firefighters on the front lines and get them higher pay. he met with governor gavin newsom yesterday to tour the burn scar from august complex

he lived in greenville almost 50 years.ment ago, his family has owned that pharmacy forever. and as you saw, it was destroyed in the fire. >> it's been about two weeks of non-stop fire up here. and the dixie fire but yesterday was a really tough day and the day before was a really tough day we lost the town of greenville, which -- where my pharmacy is. and i lost my pharmacy in the town it was very upsetting as you can well imagine but we had just let all the evacuees back into the town to start repopulating the town. and then the fire took a turn and came back down the hill. and basically blew through town. so that pharmacy -- the building was the oldest building in greenville, built in the 1850s, 18 sixth it's housed many things over the years. a hardware store all kinds of stuff we moved the pharmacy in there in 1988. now we're left with a pile of ashes. our community will come back and we will rebuild this beautiful area in the valley and beyond and just keep your prayers with us and we'll see you on the other side >> k

abc news reporters doreen shaw made it to greenville. reporter: it is hard to believe your eyes out here, every home in this neighborhood brought to the ground. homes that look like this, very little left. you could see the staircase right here. you could see what remains of this patio table, not much. overnight, this fire continued to grow. we are looking at the dixie fire right now. it is california's third largest fire in the state's history. destroying over 100 homes, eviscerating the gold rush town of greenville. it looks like a bomb went off. homes and buildings that have we said -- withstood the task of time -- what is once a small town is now a ghost town. multiple people are still reported missing. the firefighters work is far from over. firefighters were intentionally and strategically lighting part of the forest on fire trying to save remaining homes. the river fire exploded to nearly 3000 acres. three people including a firefighter were injured. one major factor, the mega drought in the west. a major provider of water no long