Nearly 900 buildings destroyed by massive California fire

A satellite image of the Dixie Fire burning in northern California (Satellite image ©2021 Maxar Technologies/AP)

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.