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Photos: Firefighters battle California blaze generating its own weather system
Thousands of US firefighters are battling a blaze in California that has grown so big it is generating its own weather system, with authorities warning on July 26 that conditions could worsen. The flames have grown large enough to create clouds that can cause lightning and high winds, which in turn fan the fire, according to experts.
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A firefighter passes a burning home as the Dixie Fire flares in Plumas County, California on July 24. Around 5,400 firefighters have been struggling to contain the inferno, which was just 22% contained late July 26, AFP reported citing the California fire and forestries department reported.(Noah Berger / AP)
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Firefighters from New Mexico walk toward the Northwest edge of the Bootleg Fire while working to build a containment line on July 23 near Paisley, Oregon. It could be days before officials will be able to assess the damage done by the Dixie fire, California's largest and only one among dozens of blazes scorching lands across the US West.(Nathan Howard / AP)
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Cal Fire firefighter Jesse Forbes (C) watches a tree ignite in flames as his crew lights a backfire to help stop the spread of the Dixie fire in the Prattville community of unincorporated Plumas County on July 23. The Dixie fire, which started only a few miles from the origin of the deadly Camp fire, has churned through more 150,000 acres and continues to burn towards rural communities.(Josh Edelson / AFP)
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A haze of wildfire smoke and clouds is seen at sunset in an aerial image taken during a flight from Seattle to Los Angeles as western wildfires including the Bootleg, Dixie, and Tamarack fire continue to burn in Oregon and California on July 24 near Bend, Oregon.(Patrick T. Fallon / AFP)
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A resident waits for a trailer to evacuate horses at a ranch along State Route 89 during the Dixie Fire in Crescent Mills, California on July 24. At more than 221 square miles in size, the Dixie Fire is now the largest wildfire in California(David Odisho / Bloomberg)
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Jerry Whipple wets down his roof as the Dixie Fire approaches the Greenville community in Plumas County, California on July 23. Several villages were evacuated in the face of the advancing "Dixie Fire", which is suspected to have been caused by a tree falling on power cables, AFP reported.(Noah Berger / AP)
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Firefighters gas up while battling the Dixie Fire in the Greenville community of Plumas County, California on July 23. Rescue workers have been dispatched from as far away as Florida to help contain the Dixie Fire and its pyrocumulus clouds.(Noah Berger / AP)
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