Dixie Fire Update: Flames Advancing Toward Janesville; Search For Missing Greenville Residents; Blaze Grows To Near 500,000 Acres

By CBS San Francisco Staff:

JANESVILLE (CBS SF) — Firefighters prepared to battle the massive Dixie Fire Monday, building defensive lines in the blaze’s path as it advanced toward the Lassen County town of Janesville and grew to nearly 500,000 acres.

East Zone operations chief Jake Cagle said dozer lines were being cut and additional crews dispatched in the path of the flames southwest of Janesville.

The ‘Moonlight Finger’ of the fire’s eastern edge was pushed along by strong winds on Sunday afternoon and evening.

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