Dixie Fire Update: Blaze Explodes Into 103,000-Acre Megafire; Five Strike Teams Deployed To Protect Bucks Lake

By CBS San Francisco Staff:

BUCKS LAKE, Plumas County (CBS SF) — Steep terrain advanced the Dixie Fire toward the Bucks Lake area of Plumas County where a massive deployment of five Cal Fire strike teams was preparing to battle the flames and protect the homes in the wilderness area.

At his Wednesday night update, operation chief Tony Brownell said while the western and northwestern sides of the burn zone were not expanding, firefighters were facing challenges to the east.

“When the fire started heating up in Bucks (reservoir and wilderness area) the column shaded the fire up on top so it keep it from getting up and running or spotting,” he said. “So we were able to make some great progress…The fire did hit into the Butt (Valley) area. But it’s holding. We did have two spot fires on the other side of Butt Reservoir. We are not sure if they are part of the lightning series or spots from the fire.”

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