California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said after visiting Greenville that the Gold mining-era town had "been completely destroyed" by the Dixie Fire, as authorities searched for three people missing in the blaze on Saturday.
State of play: Evacuation orders were in effect for several Sierra Nevada mountain communities, as the third-largest blaze in California's history continued to threaten homes.
A federal judge on Friday gave Pacific Gas & Electric, California's largest power company, one week to explain its role in potentially starting two fires that have now burned hundreds of thousands of acres in Northern California.
Driving the news: PG&E told the state last month that malfunctions with one of its utility poles may have caused the Dixie Fire, the third-largest blaze in state history and currently the largest fire in the U.S. And U.S. District Judge William Alsup wants to know details.
Fires are spreading through Greece uncontrolled for a fifth day, destroying land and forcing hundreds of people to evacuate the second-biggest island of Evia, Reuters reports.
Driving the news: The fire began in Evia on Tuesday before spreading across thousands of acres of forest in the north, per Reuters.
