‘We did everything we could’: raging fire guts California Gold Rush town
by Guardian staff and agencies from US news | The Guardian on (#5N06A)
Dixie fire tore through mountain town of Greenville on Wednesday evening, leaving much of the downtown in ashes
The fast-moving Dixie fire tore through the northern California mountain town of Greenville on Wednesday evening, 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.
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