One Family’s Fight Against the Dixie Fire

<p>Annie Correal, a reporter for The Times, has family in Indian Valley, in Northern California, roots which extend back to the 1950s.</p><p>This summer, as wildfires closed in on the area, she reported from her family’s property as they sought to fend off the flames — and investigated the divided opinions about what had caused the devastating blazes.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/annie-correal?smid=pc-thedaily">Annie Correal</a>, a reporter covering New York City for The New York Times. </p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/signup/NTTD?smid=pc-thedaily">Sign up here</a> to get The Daily in your inbox each morning. And for an exclusive look at how the biggest stories on our show come together, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline">subscribe to our newsletter</a>. </p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>A beloved ranching community in Northern California faces<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/25/us/dixie-fire-taylorsville.html"> destruction by America’s largest wildfire</a>.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p>