California firefighting crews sought to take advantage of cooler, moister air and diminished winds on Friday to make headway against a massive wildfire that has already destroyed a historic gold-rush town.
The so-called Dixie Fire, which broke out on July 14 in the Sierra Nevada mountains some 160 miles north of Sacramento, had burned across 432,813 acres as of Friday afternoon, becoming one of the largest wildfires in state history.
Greenville, with a population 800, was founded more than 150 years ago when nearby gold mines attracted settlers and merchants to the picturesque town in the Indian Valley. California's five largest wildfires in history have all occurred in the last three seasons, burning more than 2.5 million acres and destroying 3,700 structures.
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