Dixie Fire grows to 489,287 acres, expected containment date now unknown
https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/08/10/___-a-m-update-dixie-fire-expected-containment-date-pushed-back/
Cal Fire reported that the Dixie Fire had grown to 489,287 acres Monday morning, however Cal Fire-Butte County Public Information Officer Rick Carhart said that due to better mapping by fire officials the size of the fire has been reduced to 482,047 acres.
The fire is the second-largest fire in state history.