But a fire analyst for the Dixie Fire's east zone warned of a "much dryer period" on Monday afternoon which could increase fire behavior.

“We’re looking not real good today,” analyst Dennis Burns said in a morning update.

As of Monday morning, the Dixie Fire had burned 248,820 acres and was 35% contained, according to Cal Fire.

At the west zone of the blaze, Cal Fire said Monday morning that fire behavior is expected to increase due to dry conditions.

Burns, the fire behavior analyst, said there was the potential for "seeing fire behavior fairly similar to when this fire started.

California has secured a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, to help battle the wildfire affecting Butte and Plumas counties, Gov.

The utility said in a filing this month that a repair person responding to a circuit outage on July 13 spotted blown fuses in a conductor atop a pole, a tree leaning into the conductor and fire at the base of the tree