
A firefighter battles the Dixie fire in the mountainous and forested terrain near Janesville, Calif., on Thursday. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Photos: Heartbreaking images document a million acres burned already during this California fire season

Images of the Caldor fire and the Dixie fire, driven in part by warming temperatures and worsening drought.
Dixie fire

Firefighters clear away combustible material at the head of the Dixie fire near Janesville. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)

A pall of yellow smoke from the Dixie fire blankets the town of Susanville. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

The Dixie fire burns in the mountains of Lassen County on Thursday. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Part of an evergreen tree explodes into a ball of flame as the Dixie fire burns near Janesville on Thursday. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

A crew battles the Dixie fire in harsh terrain near Janesville on Thursday. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Firefighters watch a helicopter battle the Dixie fire as it burns through mountainous and forested terrain near Janesville on Thursday. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
The monstrous Dixie fire — the second-largest in the state’s recorded history — has been burning for more than a month, and the danger zone now stretches from Lassen to Butte.

A DC-10 jumbo jet drops fire retardant on the Dixie fire. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Caldor fire
The Caldor fire in El Dorado County is at nearly 63,000 acres, with 0% containment. Thousands of rural residents have had to evacuate as flames tore through rugged terrain.

The Caldor fire left a moonscape of burned forest, homes and cars in Grizzly Flats. ( Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

The frame of a chair sits in the remains of a home in Grizzly Flats. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Burned trees surround a scorched intersection in the community of Grizzly Flats. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Dixie fire

Gould Fickardt, 71, left, and Woody Hovland, 70, sit with their dogs, Primer, right, and Sheva after their Greenville homes were destroyed. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Burned cars and scorched trees in Greenville. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)
Cache fire
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