Nearly 900 Buildings Destroyed by Massive California Fire

The melted metal from a pickup truck's rims ran down the driveway of this Chicago Park home after the River Fire burned through here, on Aug. 7, 2021. Elias Funez/The Union via AP

GREENVILLE, Calif.—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.

Clear skies over parts of the month-old Dixie Fire have allowed aircraft to rejoin nearly 6,000 firefighters in the attack this week.