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Drug consumption rooms could save thousands of UK lives, study finds.
Facilities could also slash transmission of diseases and cut pressure on ambulance callouts and hospitals, study says.
Thousands of lives could be saved if safe rooms were set up in UK cities where people could be supervised while they get high, the world's largest review of the effectiveness of drug-consumption rooms and overdose-prevention centres (OPCs) has found.
The part-government-funded study also found the facilities could slash the transmission of fatal diseases, as well as reduce drug litter, the pressure on ambulance callouts and the burden on hospitals.
Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.
Injectable drug user receives assistance from a nurse, in the supervised consumption room, the only one in the north of the country, in Pasteleira, on December 15, 2023, Porto, Portugal. The monitored consumption room is a container divided into 2 rooms, one for smoking, containing six seats, and the injectable room with 4 seats and with nurses controlling and providing assistance, where consumers can only spend 30 minutes in each room.
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DUKAS_164625783_EYE
Drug consumption rooms could save thousands of UK lives, study finds.
Facilities could also slash transmission of diseases and cut pressure on ambulance callouts and hospitals, study says.
Thousands of lives could be saved if safe rooms were set up in UK cities where people could be supervised while they get high, the world's largest review of the effectiveness of drug-consumption rooms and overdose-prevention centres (OPCs) has found.
The part-government-funded study also found the facilities could slash the transmission of fatal diseases, as well as reduce drug litter, the pressure on ambulance callouts and the burden on hospitals.
Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.
Injectable drug user receives assistance from a nurse, in the supervised consumption room, the only one in the north of the country, in Pasteleira, on December 15, 2023, Porto, Portugal. The monitored consumption room is a container divided into 2 rooms, one for smoking, containing six seats, and the injectable room with 4 seats and with nurses controlling and providing assistance, where consumers can only spend 30 minutes in each room.
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DUKAS_164625712_EYE
Drug consumption rooms could save thousands of UK lives, study finds.
Facilities could also slash transmission of diseases and cut pressure on ambulance callouts and hospitals, study says.
Thousands of lives could be saved if safe rooms were set up in UK cities where people could be supervised while they get high, the world's largest review of the effectiveness of drug-consumption rooms and overdose-prevention centres (OPCs) has found.
The part-government-funded study also found the facilities could slash the transmission of fatal diseases, as well as reduce drug litter, the pressure on ambulance callouts and the burden on hospitals.
Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.
Preparation of the injectable drug, in the supervised consumption room, the only one in the north of the country, in Pasteleira, on December 15, 2023, Porto, Portugal. The monitored consumption room is a container divided into 2 rooms, one for smoking, containing six seats, and the injectable room with 4 seats and with nurses controlling and providing assistance, where consumers can only spend 30 minutes in each room.
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DUKAS_164625717_EYE
Drug consumption rooms could save thousands of UK lives, study finds.
Facilities could also slash transmission of diseases and cut pressure on ambulance callouts and hospitals, study says.
Thousands of lives could be saved if safe rooms were set up in UK cities where people could be supervised while they get high, the world's largest review of the effectiveness of drug-consumption rooms and overdose-prevention centres (OPCs) has found.
The part-government-funded study also found the facilities could slash the transmission of fatal diseases, as well as reduce drug litter, the pressure on ambulance callouts and the burden on hospitals.
Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.
Injectable drug room, in the supervised consumption room, the only one in the north of the country, in Pasteleira, on December 15, 2023, Porto, Portugal. The monitored consumption room is a container divided into 2 rooms, one for smoking, containing six seats, and the injectable room with 4 seats and with nurses controlling and providing assistance, where consumers can only spend 30 minutes in each room.
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DUKAS_164625744_EYE
Drug consumption rooms could save thousands of UK lives, study finds.
Facilities could also slash transmission of diseases and cut pressure on ambulance callouts and hospitals, study says.
Thousands of lives could be saved if safe rooms were set up in UK cities where people could be supervised while they get high, the world's largest review of the effectiveness of drug-consumption rooms and overdose-prevention centres (OPCs) has found.
The part-government-funded study also found the facilities could slash the transmission of fatal diseases, as well as reduce drug litter, the pressure on ambulance callouts and the burden on hospitals.
Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.
Preparation of the injectable drug, in the supervised consumption room, the only one in the north of the country, in Pasteleira, on December 15, 2023, Porto, Portugal. The monitored consumption room is a container divided into 2 rooms, one for smoking, containing six seats, and the injectable room with 4 seats and with nurses controlling and providing assistance, where consumers can only spend 30 minutes in each room.
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DUKAS_164625720_EYE
Drug consumption rooms could save thousands of UK lives, study finds.
Facilities could also slash transmission of diseases and cut pressure on ambulance callouts and hospitals, study says.
Thousands of lives could be saved if safe rooms were set up in UK cities where people could be supervised while they get high, the world's largest review of the effectiveness of drug-consumption rooms and overdose-prevention centres (OPCs) has found.
The part-government-funded study also found the facilities could slash the transmission of fatal diseases, as well as reduce drug litter, the pressure on ambulance callouts and the burden on hospitals.
Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.
Heroin user, consumes in the supervised consumption room, the only one in the north of the country, on December 15, 2023, Porto, Portugal. The supervised consumption room is a container located in the middle of the Pasteleira neighborhood, a neighborhood where drug trafficking and consumption is common.
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DUKAS_164625781_EYE
Drug consumption rooms could save thousands of UK lives, study finds.
Facilities could also slash transmission of diseases and cut pressure on ambulance callouts and hospitals, study says.
Thousands of lives could be saved if safe rooms were set up in UK cities where people could be supervised while they get high, the world's largest review of the effectiveness of drug-consumption rooms and overdose-prevention centres (OPCs) has found.
The part-government-funded study also found the facilities could slash the transmission of fatal diseases, as well as reduce drug litter, the pressure on ambulance callouts and the burden on hospitals.
Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.
Man holds box with hashish, in the supervised consumption room, the only one in the north of the country, on December 15, 2023, Porto, Portugal. The supervised consumption room is a container located in the middle of the Pasteleira neighborhood, a neighborhood where drug trafficking and consumption is common.
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DUKAS_164625749_EYE
Drug consumption rooms could save thousands of UK lives, study finds.
Facilities could also slash transmission of diseases and cut pressure on ambulance callouts and hospitals, study says.
Thousands of lives could be saved if safe rooms were set up in UK cities where people could be supervised while they get high, the world's largest review of the effectiveness of drug-consumption rooms and overdose-prevention centres (OPCs) has found.
The part-government-funded study also found the facilities could slash the transmission of fatal diseases, as well as reduce drug litter, the pressure on ambulance callouts and the burden on hospitals.
Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.
User's hand with remains of heroin, in the supervised consumption room, the only one in the north of the country, on December 15, 2023, Porto, Portugal. The supervised consumption room is a container located in the middle of the Pasteleira neighborhood, a neighborhood where drug trafficking and consumption is common.
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DUKAS_164625747_EYE
Drug consumption rooms could save thousands of UK lives, study finds.
Facilities could also slash transmission of diseases and cut pressure on ambulance callouts and hospitals, study says.
Thousands of lives could be saved if safe rooms were set up in UK cities where people could be supervised while they get high, the world's largest review of the effectiveness of drug-consumption rooms and overdose-prevention centres (OPCs) has found.
The part-government-funded study also found the facilities could slash the transmission of fatal diseases, as well as reduce drug litter, the pressure on ambulance callouts and the burden on hospitals.
Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.
Heroin user, consumes in the supervised consumption room, the only one in the north of the country, on December 15, 2023, Porto, Portugal. The supervised consumption room is a container located in the middle of the Pasteleira neighborhood, a neighborhood where drug trafficking and consumption is common.
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DUKAS_164625711_EYE
Drug consumption rooms could save thousands of UK lives, study finds.
Facilities could also slash transmission of diseases and cut pressure on ambulance callouts and hospitals, study says.
Thousands of lives could be saved if safe rooms were set up in UK cities where people could be supervised while they get high, the world's largest review of the effectiveness of drug-consumption rooms and overdose-prevention centres (OPCs) has found.
The part-government-funded study also found the facilities could slash the transmission of fatal diseases, as well as reduce drug litter, the pressure on ambulance callouts and the burden on hospitals.
Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.
Heroin user, consumes in the supervised consumption room, the only one in the north of the country, on December 15, 2023, Porto, Portugal. The supervised consumption room is a container located in the middle of the Pasteleira neighborhood, a neighborhood where drug trafficking and consumption is common.
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DUKAS_164625721_EYE
Drug consumption rooms could save thousands of UK lives, study finds.
Facilities could also slash transmission of diseases and cut pressure on ambulance callouts and hospitals, study says.
Thousands of lives could be saved if safe rooms were set up in UK cities where people could be supervised while they get high, the world's largest review of the effectiveness of drug-consumption rooms and overdose-prevention centres (OPCs) has found.
The part-government-funded study also found the facilities could slash the transmission of fatal diseases, as well as reduce drug litter, the pressure on ambulance callouts and the burden on hospitals.
Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.
Preparation of the injectable drug, in the supervised consumption room, the only one in the north of the country, in Pasteleira, on December 15, 2023, Porto, Portugal. The monitored consumption room is a container divided into 2 rooms, one for smoking, containing six seats, and the injectable room with 4 seats and with nurses controlling and providing assistance, where consumers can only spend 30 minutes in each room.
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DUKAS_164625716_EYE
Drug consumption rooms could save thousands of UK lives, study finds.
Facilities could also slash transmission of diseases and cut pressure on ambulance callouts and hospitals, study says.
Thousands of lives could be saved if safe rooms were set up in UK cities where people could be supervised while they get high, the world's largest review of the effectiveness of drug-consumption rooms and overdose-prevention centres (OPCs) has found.
The part-government-funded study also found the facilities could slash the transmission of fatal diseases, as well as reduce drug litter, the pressure on ambulance callouts and the burden on hospitals.
Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.
Preparation of the injectable drug, in the supervised consumption room, the only one in the north of the country, in Pasteleira, on December 15, 2023, Porto, Portugal. The monitored consumption room is a container divided into 2 rooms, one for smoking, containing six seats, and the injectable room with 4 seats and with nurses controlling and providing assistance, where consumers can only spend 30 minutes in each room.
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DUKAS_164625746_EYE
Drug consumption rooms could save thousands of UK lives, study finds.
Facilities could also slash transmission of diseases and cut pressure on ambulance callouts and hospitals, study says.
Thousands of lives could be saved if safe rooms were set up in UK cities where people could be supervised while they get high, the world's largest review of the effectiveness of drug-consumption rooms and overdose-prevention centres (OPCs) has found.
The part-government-funded study also found the facilities could slash the transmission of fatal diseases, as well as reduce drug litter, the pressure on ambulance callouts and the burden on hospitals.
Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.
Syringe needle kits, with the message Say No to Second Hand Syringes, in the supervised consumption room, the only one in the north of the country, at Pasteleira, on December 15, 2023, Porto, Portugal. The monitored consumption room is a container divided into 2 rooms, one for smoking, containing six seats, and the injectable room with 4 seats and with nurses controlling and providing assistance, where consumers can only spend 30 minutes in each room.
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DUKAS_164625738_EYE
Drug consumption rooms could save thousands of UK lives, study finds.
Facilities could also slash transmission of diseases and cut pressure on ambulance callouts and hospitals, study says.
Thousands of lives could be saved if safe rooms were set up in UK cities where people could be supervised while they get high, the world's largest review of the effectiveness of drug-consumption rooms and overdose-prevention centres (OPCs) has found.
The part-government-funded study also found the facilities could slash the transmission of fatal diseases, as well as reduce drug litter, the pressure on ambulance callouts and the burden on hospitals.
Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.
Man smoke hashish, in the supervised consumption room, the only one in the north of the country, on December 15, 2023, Porto, Portugal. The supervised consumption room is a container located in the middle of the Pasteleira neighborhood, a neighborhood where drug trafficking and consumption is common.
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DUKAS_164625743_EYE
Drug consumption rooms could save thousands of UK lives, study finds.
Facilities could also slash transmission of diseases and cut pressure on ambulance callouts and hospitals, study says.
Thousands of lives could be saved if safe rooms were set up in UK cities where people could be supervised while they get high, the world's largest review of the effectiveness of drug-consumption rooms and overdose-prevention centres (OPCs) has found.
The part-government-funded study also found the facilities could slash the transmission of fatal diseases, as well as reduce drug litter, the pressure on ambulance callouts and the burden on hospitals.
Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.
Heroin user, consumes in the supervised consumption room, the only one in the north of the country, on December 15, 2023, Porto, Portugal. The supervised consumption room is a container located in the middle of the Pasteleira neighborhood, a neighborhood where drug trafficking and consumption is common.
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DUKAS_164625737_EYE
Drug consumption rooms could save thousands of UK lives, study finds.
Facilities could also slash transmission of diseases and cut pressure on ambulance callouts and hospitals, study says.
Thousands of lives could be saved if safe rooms were set up in UK cities where people could be supervised while they get high, the world's largest review of the effectiveness of drug-consumption rooms and overdose-prevention centres (OPCs) has found.
The part-government-funded study also found the facilities could slash the transmission of fatal diseases, as well as reduce drug litter, the pressure on ambulance callouts and the burden on hospitals.
Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.
Kits that the Portuguese government provides to heroin users, in the supervised consumption room, the only one in the north of the country, in Pasteleira, on December 15, 2023, Porto, Portugal. The monitored consumption room is a container divided into 2 rooms, one for smoking, containing six seats, and the injectable room with 4 seats and with nurses controlling and providing assistance, where consumers can only spend 30 minutes in each room.
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DUKAS_164625715_EYE
Drug consumption rooms could save thousands of UK lives, study finds.
Facilities could also slash transmission of diseases and cut pressure on ambulance callouts and hospitals, study says.
Thousands of lives could be saved if safe rooms were set up in UK cities where people could be supervised while they get high, the world's largest review of the effectiveness of drug-consumption rooms and overdose-prevention centres (OPCs) has found.
The part-government-funded study also found the facilities could slash the transmission of fatal diseases, as well as reduce drug litter, the pressure on ambulance callouts and the burden on hospitals.
Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.
Kits that the Portuguese government provides to heroin users, in the supervised consumption room, the only one in the north of the country, in Pasteleira, on December 15, 2023, Porto, Portugal. The monitored consumption room is a container divided into 2 rooms, one for smoking, containing six seats, and the injectable room with 4 seats and with nurses controlling and providing assistance, where consumers can only spend 30 minutes in each room.
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DUKAS_164625714_EYE
Drug consumption rooms could save thousands of UK lives, study finds.
Facilities could also slash transmission of diseases and cut pressure on ambulance callouts and hospitals, study says.
Thousands of lives could be saved if safe rooms were set up in UK cities where people could be supervised while they get high, the world's largest review of the effectiveness of drug-consumption rooms and overdose-prevention centres (OPCs) has found.
The part-government-funded study also found the facilities could slash the transmission of fatal diseases, as well as reduce drug litter, the pressure on ambulance callouts and the burden on hospitals.
Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.
Heroin user, consumes in the supervised consumption room, the only one in the north of the country, on December 15, 2023, Porto, Portugal. The supervised consumption room is a container located in the middle of the Pasteleira neighborhood, a neighborhood where drug trafficking and consumption is common.
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DUKAS_164625785_EYE
Drug consumption rooms could save thousands of UK lives, study finds.
Facilities could also slash transmission of diseases and cut pressure on ambulance callouts and hospitals, study says.
Thousands of lives could be saved if safe rooms were set up in UK cities where people could be supervised while they get high, the world's largest review of the effectiveness of drug-consumption rooms and overdose-prevention centres (OPCs) has found.
The part-government-funded study also found the facilities could slash the transmission of fatal diseases, as well as reduce drug litter, the pressure on ambulance callouts and the burden on hospitals.
Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.
Heroin user, consumes in the supervised consumption room, the only one in the north of the country, on December 15, 2023, Porto, Portugal. The supervised consumption room is a container located in the middle of the Pasteleira neighborhood, a neighborhood where drug trafficking and consumption is common.
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DUKAS_164625741_EYE
Drug consumption rooms could save thousands of UK lives, study finds.
Facilities could also slash transmission of diseases and cut pressure on ambulance callouts and hospitals, study says.
Thousands of lives could be saved if safe rooms were set up in UK cities where people could be supervised while they get high, the world's largest review of the effectiveness of drug-consumption rooms and overdose-prevention centres (OPCs) has found.
The part-government-funded study also found the facilities could slash the transmission of fatal diseases, as well as reduce drug litter, the pressure on ambulance callouts and the burden on hospitals.
Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.
Heroin user, consumes in the supervised consumption room, the only one in the north of the country, on December 15, 2023, Porto, Portugal. The supervised consumption room is a container located in the middle of the Pasteleira neighborhood, a neighborhood where drug trafficking and consumption is common.
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DUK10144769_019
NEWS - Waldbrände vernichten eine halbe Million Hektar in Kalifornien, Greenville
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Terry Schmitt/UPI/Shutterstock (12275244q)
Only rubble is visible in a former residential street in Greenville, California on Thursday, August 12, 2021. The Dixie Fire has now burned over a half million acres and leveled the town of Greenville.
Dixie Fire Consumes Half Million Acres in California, Greenville, United States - 13 Aug 2021
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DUK10144769_018
NEWS - Waldbrände vernichten eine halbe Million Hektar in Kalifornien, Greenville
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Terry Schmitt/UPI/Shutterstock (12275244p)
Melted aluminum attests to the heat of the wildfire in Greenville, California on Thursday, August 12, 2021. The Dixie Fire has now burned over a half million acres and leveled the town of Greenville.
Dixie Fire Consumes Half Million Acres in California, Greenville, United States - 13 Aug 2021
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DUK10144769_017
NEWS - Waldbrände vernichten eine halbe Million Hektar in Kalifornien, Greenville
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Terry Schmitt/UPI/Shutterstock (12275244n)
Bricks from the Masonic Lodge litter the street in Greenville, California on Thursday, August 12, 2021. The Dixie Fire has now burned over a half million acres and leveled the town of Greenville.
Dixie Fire Consumes Half Million Acres in California, Greenville, United States - 13 Aug 2021
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DUK10144769_016
NEWS - Waldbrände vernichten eine halbe Million Hektar in Kalifornien, Greenville
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Terry Schmitt/UPI/Shutterstock (12275244o)
Burned out trees stand in the charred forest outside Greenville, California on Thursday, August 12, 2021. The Dixie Fire has now burned over a half million acres and leveled the town of Greenville.
Dixie Fire Consumes Half Million Acres in California, Greenville, United States - 13 Aug 2021
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DUK10144769_015
NEWS - Waldbrände vernichten eine halbe Million Hektar in Kalifornien, Greenville
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Terry Schmitt/UPI/Shutterstock (12275244l)
A welcome bench sits along Main Street in Greenville, California on Thursday, August 12, 2021. The Dixie Fire has now burned over a half million acres and leveled the town of Greenville.
Dixie Fire Consumes Half Million Acres in California, Greenville, United States - 13 Aug 2021
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DUK10144769_014
NEWS - Waldbrände vernichten eine halbe Million Hektar in Kalifornien, Greenville
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Terry Schmitt/UPI/Shutterstock (12275244k)
A truck drives past the remains of the Masonic Lodge in Greenville, California on Thursday, August 12, 2021. The Dixie Fire has now burned over a half million acres and leveled the town of Greenville.
Dixie Fire Consumes Half Million Acres in California, Greenville, United States - 13 Aug 2021
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DUK10144769_013
NEWS - Waldbrände vernichten eine halbe Million Hektar in Kalifornien, Greenville
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Terry Schmitt/UPI/Shutterstock (12275244m)
Little still stands in Greenville, California on Thursday, August 12, 2021. The Dixie Fire has now burned over a half million acres and leveled the town of Greenville.
Dixie Fire Consumes Half Million Acres in California, Greenville, United States - 13 Aug 2021
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DUK10144769_012
NEWS - Waldbrände vernichten eine halbe Million Hektar in Kalifornien, Greenville
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Terry Schmitt/UPI/Shutterstock (12275244j)
A truck drives past the remains of the Masonic Lodge in Greenville, California on Thursday, August 12, 2021. The Dixie Fire has now burned over a half million acres and leveled the town of Greenville.
Dixie Fire Consumes Half Million Acres in California, Greenville, United States - 13 Aug 2021
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NEWS - Waldbrände vernichten eine halbe Million Hektar in Kalifornien, Greenville
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A partially melted plastic sign remains but The Rock on the Ridge is burned to the ground on Main Street in Greenville, California on Thursday, August 12, 2021. The Dixie Fire has now burned over a half million acres and leveled the town of Greenville.
Dixie Fire Consumes Half Million Acres in California, Greenville, United States - 13 Aug 2021
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NEWS - Waldbrände vernichten eine halbe Million Hektar in Kalifornien, Greenville
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Charred sorting boxes are seen in the United States Post Office in Greenville, California on Thursday, August 12, 2021. The Dixie Fire has now burned over a half million acres and leveled the town of Greenville.
Dixie Fire Consumes Half Million Acres in California, Greenville, United States - 13 Aug 2021
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NEWS - Waldbrände vernichten eine halbe Million Hektar in Kalifornien, Greenville
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Charred sorting boxes are seen in the United States Post Office in Greenville, California on Thursday, August 12, 2021. The Dixie Fire has now burned over a half million acres and leveled the town of Greenville.
Dixie Fire Consumes Half Million Acres in California, Greenville, United States - 13 Aug 2021
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NEWS - Waldbrände vernichten eine halbe Million Hektar in Kalifornien, Greenville
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Few facades stand in Greenville, California on Thursday, August 12, 2021. The Dixie Fire has now burned over a half million acres and leveled the town of Greenville.
Dixie Fire Consumes Half Million Acres in California, Greenville, United States - 13 Aug 2021
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NEWS - Waldbrände vernichten eine halbe Million Hektar in Kalifornien, Greenville
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Only rubble is visible in a former residential street in Greenville, California on Thursday, August 12, 2021. The Dixie Fire has now burned over a half million acres and leveled the town of Greenville.
Dixie Fire Consumes Half Million Acres in California, Greenville, United States - 13 Aug 2021
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NEWS - Waldbrände vernichten eine halbe Million Hektar in Kalifornien, Greenville
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Melted aluminum attests to the heat of the wildfire in Greenville, California on Thursday, August 12, 2021. The Dixie Fire has now burned over a half million acres and leveled the town of Greenville.
Dixie Fire Consumes Half Million Acres in California, Greenville, United States - 13 Aug 2021
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NEWS - Waldbrände vernichten eine halbe Million Hektar in Kalifornien, Greenville
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Only a chimney stands from a burned out house in Greenville, California on Thursday, August 12, 2021. The Dixie Fire has now burned over a half million acres and leveled the town of Greenville.
Dixie Fire Consumes Half Million Acres in California, Greenville, United States - 13 Aug 2021
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NEWS - Waldbrände vernichten eine halbe Million Hektar in Kalifornien, Greenville
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Burned out trees stand in the charred forest outside Greenville, California on Thursday, August 12, 2021. The Dixie Fire has now burned over a half million acres and leveled the town of Greenville.
Dixie Fire Consumes Half Million Acres in California, Greenville, United States - 13 Aug 2021
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NEWS - Waldbrände vernichten eine halbe Million Hektar in Kalifornien, Greenville
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Smoke drifts from burning roots in the charred forest outside Greenville, California on Thursday, August 12, 2021. The Dixie Fire has now burned over a half million acres and leveled the town of Greenville.
Dixie Fire Consumes Half Million Acres in California, Greenville, United States - 13 Aug 2021
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NEWS - Waldbrände vernichten eine halbe Million Hektar in Kalifornien, Greenville
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The North Fork of the Feather River glows red from the smoke filtered sun in Plumas County, California on Thursday, August 12, 2021. The Dixie Fire has now burned over a half million acres and is 31 percent contained.
Dixie Fire Consumes Half Million Acres in California, Plumas County, United States - 13 Aug 2021
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NEWS - Waldbrände vernichten eine halbe Million Hektar in Kalifornien, Greenville
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The North Fork of the Feather River glows red from the smoke filtered sun in Plumas County, California on Thursday, August 12, 2021. The Dixie Fire has now burned over a half million acres and is 31 percent contained.
Dixie Fire Consumes Half Million Acres in California, Plumas County, United States - 13 Aug 2021
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