‘We lost Greenville’: Wildfire decimates California town

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and NOAH BERGER
Associated Press

GREENVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Officials say more than 100 homes have burned in and around the town of Greenville as California’s largest wildfire surged through the Sierra Nevada. Much of the downtown of the Gold Rush-era town has been destroyed by the Dixie Fire. On Thursday, fire officials described the fire behavior as frightening. They say flames fueled by erratic gusts drove northeast through bone-dry forestland. Thousands of firefighters are battling the blaze, which has destroyed an area larger than the city of Los Angeles. Thousands of homes remained under threat. However, no deaths or injuries have been reported.