An air tanker drops fire retardant to battle the Dixie Fire in the Feather River Canyon in Plumas County, Calif., on Wednesday. Residents were warned to be ready to evacuate as a growing wildfire bears down on two remote Northern California communities near a town largely destroyed by a deadly blaze three years ago. The fire that broke out Tuesday afternoon has chewed through more than 1.8 square miles of brush and timber near the Feather River Canyon area of Butte County. (Photo: Paul Kitagaki Jr./The Sacramento Bee via AP)

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Wildfire erupts near site of deadly 2018 Paradise blaze

The Dixie Fire is burning brush and timber near the Feather River Canyon area of Butte County and moved into national forest land in Plumas County.

• By The Associated Press
• July 15, 2021