The Dixie Fire, which started two weeks ago in California’s Plumas County, has grown to become the state’s largest wildfire this year, burning more than 215,000 acres so far. Thousands of residents are under evacuation orders as the blaze has burned several dozen buildings, and threatens thousands more. Gathered here are images of the residents and firefighters working to save what they can and slow the fire—which is reported to be 23 percent contained at the moment.

1. Power lines are framed by flames as the Dixie Fire grows in Plumas National Forest, California, on July 15, 2021.
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2. A man rides his bike past a gas station as smoke fills the sky during the Dixie Fire in Greenville, California, on July 23, 2021.
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3. Resident Pamela Aylen (right) hugs a neighbor as they prepare to ride out the Dixie Fire as it approached Twain, California, on July 24, 2021.
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4. A home burns during the Dixie Fire on July 24, 2021, in the Indian Falls neighborhood of unincorporated Plumas County.
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5. A Corvette explodes as flames from the Dixie Fire tear through the Indian Falls neighborhood on July 24, 2021.
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6. Cows graze as smoke rises from the Dixie Fire burning in Lassen National Forest, California, near Jonesville, on July 26, 2021.
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7. Air support gathers water from the Feather River as the Dixie Fire grows in Plumas National Forest on July 15, 2021.
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8. Firefighters spray water from a fire train toward hot spots along the tracks over Rock Creek Bridge in Plumas National Forest on July 15, 2021.
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9. Firefighters assigned to the Union Pacific Fire Train protect the tracks and hinder the Dixie Fire from crossing the North Fork of the Feather River in Plumas National Forest on July 17, 2021.
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10. Cal Fire firefighters monitor a backfire they lit to help stop the spread of the Dixie Fire in the Prattville community on July 23, 2021.
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11. Firefighters light a backfire to stop the Dixie Fire from spreading near Prattville on July 23, 2021.
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12. The Dixie Fire burns at night in Taylorsville, California, on July 27, 2021.
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13. Firefighters attempt to get control of the scene as dozens of homes burn in the Indian Falls neighborhood of unincorporated Plumas County on July 24, 2021.
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14. Firefighters try to reach an area blocked by fire on both sides of the highway after high winds caused the Dixie Fire to rapidly expand near Quincy, California, on July 25, 2021.
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15. Firefighter hand crews put out hot spots near rustic mountain cabin homes on a hillside threatened by the Dixie Fire, in Twain, California, on July 26, 2021. After battling large and deadly wildfires nonstop for weeks, and with no respite in sight, firefighters in California are admitting they are exhausted. "After a point, you start getting a little screwy; your mental health doesn't do well," said the 55-year-old fire captain David Tikkanen.
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16. Plumas Hotshots take a break under a large boulder in Plumas National Forest on July 18, 2021.
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17. A motorist stops along the Feather River as the Dixie Fire grows in Plumas National Forest on July 15, 2021.
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18. Ash from the Dixie Fire blankets Crescent Mills, California, on July 26, 2021.
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19. Vehicles destroyed by the Dixie Fire are seen in Indian Falls, California, on July 26, 2021.
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20. A melted rocking horse smolders during the Dixie Fire in Indian Falls on July 26, 2021.
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21. A burned motorcycle sits among debris in Indian Falls on July 25, 2021.
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22. A helicopter carries water from the Feather River in Plumas National Forest on July 15, 2021.
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23. Trees smolder as the Dixie Fire grows in Plumas National Forest, on July 15, 2021.
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24. A water car of the Union Pacific Rail Road carries a Magalia fire crew back to Pulga, California, after a 24-hour shift working the Dixie Fire in Plumas National Forest on July 16, 2021.
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25. Smoke clouds rise as the Dixie Fire grows in Plumas National Forest on July 18, 2021.
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26. Pine trees burn on a hillside during the Dixie Fire in Twain, California, on July 26, 2021.
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27. Cal Fire firefighters monitor a backfire in Prattville on July 23, 2021.
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28. Flames from a backfire envelop a section of forest during the Dixie Fire in Prattville on July 23, 2021.
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