California's Second-Largest Wildfire Ever Burns Almost 1 Million Acres

The fire is now almost 95% contained. The crews are working to extinguish hot spots and rebuild fire lines.

The Dixie wildfire raged through Calfornia’s forests for several months. It burned out of control as it swept through five counties. The blaze started when a tree fell on an electric power line.

The fire scorched 963,000 acres in three national parks and forests, making it the second largest wildfire in the state’s history.

“If you take this fire line, it will stretch from Oregon to Mexico. That's a lot to patrol, but we're in there doing the best we can,” said Tony Brownell, Operations Section Chief, Dixie Fire Incident Command.