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Progress being made on Bootleg, Dixie fires raging in the Western United States

Credit: 23ABC News | Bakersfield
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Progress being made on Bootleg, Dixie fires raging in the Western United States
Progress being made on Bootleg, Dixie fires raging in the Western United States

Progress is being made in the nation's largest fire burning in Oregon.

Meanwhile, California's Dixie Fire is now the eleventh largest wildfire in state history.

THE NATION'S LARGEST FIRE...BURNING IN OGORETHE BOOTLEG FIRE-- IN SOUTHERNOREGON NEAR THE CALIFORNIABORDER -- IS 74 PERCENTCONTAINED..THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT JUMP FROMSATURDAY... WHEN IT WAS 56PERCENT CONTAINED.E THFIRE HAS BURNED MORE THAN400-THOUSAND ACRES.CALIFORNIA'S DIXIE FIRE IS NOWTHE ELEVENTH LARGESTWILDFIRE IN STATE HISTORY.CAL FIRE SAYS IT'S SCORCHED MORETHAN 240-THOUSAND REACAS OF THIS MORNING.THIS IS A LOOK AT AERIAL EFFORTSTO FIGHT THE BLAZE -- ABOUT AHUNDRED MILES NORTH OFSACRAMENTO.

EVACUATION ORDERSARE IN PLACE FOR RESIDENTS INPARTS OF BUTTE -- PLUMAS ANDTEHAMA COUNTS.IEIT'S UNCLEAR WHAT STARTED THEDIXIE FIRE IN MID-JULYAND ACCORDING TO FIRE OFFICIALS-- THE PEAK FIRE NEAR HAVILAHHABURNED MORE THAN TWO- THOUSANDACRES AND IS 98RCPEENT CONTAINED.TWO

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