New evacuation order for Dixie Fire issued in Plumas County

Noting an increase in fire activity, the Plumas County Sheriff's Office issued a mandatory evacuation for Canyon Dam south to include Greenville.

An additional evacuation order from the sheriff's office was issued for everything west of Hwy 89/36 Junction, west along the southside of Hwy 36 to the County line and south of Hwy 36 to Rock Lake and west to the County Line.


The sheriff's new evacuation orders originally included Crescent Mills, but the sheriff's office updated later Monday night to say that the area would remain in an evacuation warning.

The Dixie Fire is officially the 11th largest wildfire in California state history as of Sunday night. The fire is now at 249,635 acres, according to Cal Fire's incident report.

The fire is 35% contained and crews expect fire behavior to increase due to drying conditions this week.

Increased fire behavior was expected in the east zone as high temperatures and gusty winds hit the area today. Crews said that expectation came to fruition in an update Monday night.

“I mentioned this morning that we were approaching near critical fire weather conditions today and unfortunately that did come to fruition," said Dennis Burns, Fire Behavior Analyst with California Interagency Incident Management Team 2. "Most of our weather stations are borderline or at red flag criteria and the fire has responded in kind.”

Burns said extra crews have been placed in Greenvile after an increase in fire activity near the area. He said 20 mph to 30 mph winds caused fires to spot up to mile.

"They pumped more crews in, all the aircraft we had including air tankers we’re flying and the fire’s just outpacing everything,” he said.

In a 7 p.m. incident report, Cal Fire said the fire is moving to the northeast toward Greenville. Officials are predicting more hot, dry and gusty conditions through Wednesday evening and potentially more erratic fire behavior. People in the north perimeter of the fire are advised to monitor the Plumas County Sheriff's website for evacuation information.

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