2020 California wildfires
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2020 was a record-setting year for wildfires in California. Over the course of the year, 8,648 fires burned 4,304,379 acres, more than four percent of the state's roughly 100 million acres of land, ma
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Aurora Fire 2020 06 26 18.14.58.606 CDT
Bobcat Fire, Los Angeles, San Gabriel Mountains
North Complex smoke in San Francisco Bay Bridge and Financial District
August Complex fire
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The August Complex fire was a massive wildfire complex that burned in the Coast Range of Northern California, in Glenn, Lake, Mendocino, Tehama, Trinity, and Shasta Counties. The complex originated as
2020 California wildfires
…However, it is roughly equivalent to the pre-1800 levels which averaged around 4.4 million acres yearly and up to 12 million in peak years. California's August Complex fire has been described as the first "gigafire", burning over 1 million acres across seven counties, an area larger than the state of Rhode Island. The fires…
Smoke from the August Complex turned the sky orange in Willits, as seen on September 8
An AT-802 participates in containment efforts in the North Zone on September 25
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