California's largest single wildfire in recorded history kept pushing through forestlands on Tuesday as fire crews tried to protect rural communities from flames that have destroyed hundreds of homes.

Officials in Greenville warned residents to leave the area before the state’s eighth largest wildfire in history eviscerated nearly every building in sight.

Multiple fire whirls, or firenados, swirl inside the Dixie Fire at Rattlesnake Peak in California, as viewed in a timelapse from an infrared camera. Lighter colors indicate hotter temperatures.

A 3-week-old wildfire engulfed a Northern California mountain town, leaving much of the downtown in ashes, while a new wind-whipped blaze also destroyed homes as crews braced for another explosive run ...

The Dixie Fire continues to burn as one of the largest fires in California history, destroying remote areas in its path. More in Watch Now: How firefighters live when deployed at wildfires, and more ...

The Dixie Fire in Plumas County, California, is the state's second-largest in history, and smoke from the blaze is impacting air quality across the country. The smoke turned the air in Salt Lake City ...

Initial location: Plumas County, Calif. A new prescribed burn, named Mh Dixie Irsc, was initiated today at 8:13 a.m. in ...