California’s second largest fire, the Dixie Fire, rages about 530 miles north of Beverly Hills. There, far from home, a strike team from the Beverly Hills Fire Department (BHFD) joins others from across the state in fighting the inferno, which has already consumed over 850,000 acres across five counties. The fire represents a new normal for the state, one that has put a strain of fire departments as far as Beverly Hills.
“It seems like things have exponentially grown lately,” BHFD Deputy Fire Chief Joseph Matsch told the Courier. “It seems like every year we’re getting a new record for California.”
