Dixie Fire Stories Project

The Dixie Fire Stories Project was created to record and share the voices and experiences of the survivors of the 2021 Dixie Fire, the largest single wildfire in California history.

The Stories

24th August 2023

Zeke Lunder

So much was going on at any given time...it really was the fog of war.

18th August 2023

Nicholas Lal

When I got home my mind was running a million miles a second. What to grab, what do I need, what isn’t replaceable?

13th August 2023

Jennifer Bartley

It was probably only 10 minutes that I was working by myself. But it felt like the longest 10 minutes of my life.

18th August 2023

Ariel French & Chad Morris

I didn't even know how comfortable and happy I was here until it was gone.

19th August 2023

Leila Levi

I came back down, and you couldn't see anything. The smoke was so thick, and everything was on fire, literally everything.

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