As California firefighters battle wildfires, some residents decide to stay
By AFP
27 July 2021 |
12:07 pm
Some residents have decided not to leave their homes despite the Dixie Fire that has been raging in the forests of northern California since mid-July. The fires have grown so big that it is generating its own weather system.
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