'There are a lot of firefighters out here who are fighting this fire and they don't know if their home is still standing.' Firefighters battle Dixie Fire, the largest wildfire currently burning in the US, in their own backyards
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"It's one thing to lose vegetation, which is bad in itself, but when you start to lose people's property, it changes the dynamics," says Jesse Alexander, the fire chief for the Yuba City Fire Department in California. California's Dixie Fire burns cars as it races through CA towns.He and his crew have been on the front lines on some of the most destructive California wildfires in history -- the Camp, Thomas and Glass fires to name a few.
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