The Thomas fire has set new records while ravaging several communities.
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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.
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As the destructive California fire nears full containment, it has left behind an expanse of charred land.
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The Lower North Fork Fire burned 4,140 square acres.
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This false-color image illustrates the extent of the Station Fire in southern California.
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Wildfire struck rugged woodlands near Yosemite, causing sporadic evacuations of nearby towns and spreading smoke as far as Idaho.
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Thick smoke from the blaze blanketed Santa Barbara.
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A wildfire in Fresno County, California has burned more than 28,000 acres.
The Thomas fire is now the fourth largest wildfire on record in California.
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A NASA project is providing maps of satellite data to emergency response teams during the Woolsey Fire.
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The fire is among the largest Los Angeles County has ever faced.
As the Sherpa fire charred thousands of acres west of Santa Barbara in June 2016, NASA’s DC-8 flew over and sampled the fire’s smoke.
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Landsat 8 satellite captured this image of the Jaroso fire burning in northern New Mexico in June.
An expansive, destructive wildfire north of Los Angeles is visible from space by day and night.
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