Multiple Wildfires, Continue to Advance, Through Northern California.<br />On August 19, wildfires spread across drought-stricken forests in Northern California, destroying hundreds of homes and forcing thousands of people to evacuate.<br />ABC News reports the latest wildfire, the Caldor Fire, <br />has now burned approximately 84 square miles.<br />In Grizzly Flats, a community of about 1,200, <br />at least 50 homes were destroyed. .<br />In Grizzly Flats, a community of about 1,200, <br />at least 50 homes were destroyed. .<br />On August 18, two people were <br />hospitalized with serious injuries.<br />In the Sierra-Cascades region, the Dixie Fire expanded by thousands of acres to cover 993 square miles...<br />... two weeks after the blaze tore <br />through the town of Greenville.<br />The Dixie Fire now threatens about <br />16,000 homes and buildings.<br />It's a pretty good size monster. We're not going to get this thing overnight. It's going to be a work in progress — eating the elephant one bite at a time kind of thing — and it's going to be a long-haul mindset. It's a marathon and not a sprint, Mark Brunton, firefighting operations section chief, via ABC News.<br />It's a pretty good size monster. We're not going to get this thing overnight. It's going to be a work in progress — eating the elephant one bite at a time kind of thing — and it's going to be a long-haul mindset. It's a marathon and not a sprint, Mark Brunton, firefighting operations section chief, via ABC News.<br />According to ABC News, the Caldor and Dixie fires <br />are among a dozen large wildfires currently <br />burning in the northern half of California
