Western wildfires calm down in cool weather, but losses grow

Following the Dixie Fire, scorched vehicles rest in a driveway in the Indian Falls community of Plumas County, Calif., on Monday, July 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Cooler weather has helped calm two gigantic wildfires in the US West, but property losses mounted in a tiny California community savaged by flames last weekend and in a remote area of Oregon that are bracing for more hot, dry conditions.

Teams reviewing damage from the massive Dixie Fire in the mountains of northern California have tallied 36 structures destroyed and seven damaged in the remote community of Indian Falls, said Nick Truax, an incident commander for the fire. It is unclear if that figure included homes or smaller buildings.