The Thomas fire has set new records while ravaging several communities.
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The Thomas fire is now the fourth largest wildfire on record in California.
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Smoke and carbon monoxide are among the mixture of emissions lofted into the air and carried offshore.
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Thick smoke from the blaze blanketed Santa Barbara.
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Wildfires continue to menace Southern California.
One of NASA’s research pilots and an astronaut took these photographs.
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In December 2017, thick smoke streamed from several fires burning in southern California.
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Powerful Santa Ana winds fueled the destructive blaze.
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The Terra satellite captured this false-color image of charred landscapes left by three October fires.
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In the past week, 21 wildfires have ignited in communities north and east of San Francisco Bay, consuming at least 170,000 acres.
Blazes that started on a few hundred acres around Napa Valley were fanned by strong northeasterly winds into more than 100,000 acres of burned land in just two days.
Smoke from wildfires burning across the western United States and Canada drifted all the way to Europe.
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Smoke from fires in the Pacific Northwest stretched across the United States.
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Thick smoke darkened skies over Lake Koocanusa in northern Montana.
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More than a dozen wildfires and wildfire complexes are contributing to the blanket of smoke over Oregon.
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The fires charred an area roughly the size of New York City.
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