The fire is among the largest Los Angeles County has ever faced.
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The Thomas fire is now the fourth largest wildfire on record in California.
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In August 2013, the Silver Fire burned 20,000 acres near Banning, California.
Fires
Wildfires have charred more than 6 million acres in the United States.
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While the 2014 wildfire season has been active in California, the fires have not been particularly large or damaging.
As the destructive California fire nears full containment, it has left behind an expanse of charred land.
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The Soberanes Fire has been burning for 11 days and may continue for weeks.
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Wildfires continue to menace Southern California.
False-color images reveal the hot spots and charred land left behind by the fire.
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This false-color image illustrates the extent of the Station Fire in southern California.
Land Fires
By early September 2020, more than a quarter million acres had burned within the August Complex fire in Mendocino National Forest.
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This false-color image shows the brick-red burn scar left behind by the Guiberson Fire in Ventura County, California, on September 26, 2009.
Land Fires Human Presence
The Thomas fire has set new records while ravaging several communities.
The fast-moving Delta Fire is one of several that have cast a pall of smoke over the region this summer.
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Wildfires burned near Lassen Volcanic National Park in mid-August 2012.