The mountain town sheltering Dixie fire refugees: ‘Each year we hold our breath’

Quincy has become accustomed to hosting evacuees as wildfires worsen. Now some residents wonder if it's time to leave

By the time the Safeway parking lot in Quincy, California, began to fill with emergency vehicles and RVs carrying people planning to spend the night, Megan Bray had already stocked the shelves with extra Gatorade.

It wasn't the first time a wildfire had descended on this northern California region and threatened the towns scattered through the forested mountainsides. Bray, the store director, knew first responders and anxious evacuees would need the extra electrolytes.