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Guardian: "‘We did everything we could’: raging fire guts California Gold Rush town"
Author: WebDigger
Date: 08-05-2021 - 10:50
"The fast-moving Dixie fire tore through the northern California mountain town of Greenville on Wednesday evening [Aug 4, 2021], leaving much of the downtown in ashes.
A gas station, hotel and bar were among many structures gutted in the Sierra Nevada town, which dates to California’s Gold Rush era and has some buildings more than a century old.
“We did everything we could,” fire spokesperson Mitch Matlow said. “Sometimes it’s just not enough.”"
-- [www.theguardian.com]
Flames rise during Dixie fire near Chico in Greenville, California, on Thursday.
Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
-- [www.theguardian.com]
Europe, too --
"Eight dead as wildfires continue to rage across southern Europe
Deaths occur in Turkey with Italy and Greece also badly hit and thousands evacuated.
-- [www.theguardian.com]
Firefighters battle the wildfires at Feslegen Plateau in Milas district of Mugla, Turkey.
Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
-- [www.theguardian.com]
A gas station, hotel and bar were among many structures gutted in the Sierra Nevada town, which dates to California’s Gold Rush era and has some buildings more than a century old.
“We did everything we could,” fire spokesperson Mitch Matlow said. “Sometimes it’s just not enough.”"
-- [www.theguardian.com]
Flames rise during Dixie fire near Chico in Greenville, California, on Thursday.
Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
-- [www.theguardian.com]
Europe, too --
"Eight dead as wildfires continue to rage across southern Europe
Deaths occur in Turkey with Italy and Greece also badly hit and thousands evacuated.
-- [www.theguardian.com]
Firefighters battle the wildfires at Feslegen Plateau in Milas district of Mugla, Turkey.
Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
-- [www.theguardian.com]
