LNU Lightning Complex fires
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The LNU Lightning Complex fires were a large complex of wildfires that burned during the 2020 California wildfire season across much of the Wine Country area of Northern California – Lake, Napa, Sonom
The Hennessey and Spanish Fires burn towards Lake Berryessa on August 18, 2020.
The Hennessey Fire as seen from Sonoma
Smoke from the Walbridge fire over Santa Rosa
A series of 650 wildfires ignited across Northern California in mid-August 2020, due to a siege of dry lightning from rare, massive summer thunderstorms, which were caused by an unusual combination of
LNU Lightning Complex fires
…LNU Lightning Complex fires Part of the August 2020 California lightning siege The Hennessey and Spanish Fires burn towards Lake Berryessa on August 18, 2020. Date August 17, 2020 (2020-08-17) – October 2, 2020 (2020-10-02) Location…
August 2020 began a record breaking season for wildfires. Of the twenty largest wildfires in California history, six were part of the 2020 wildfire season. Four of the new wildfires ranking in the top 10 were all a part of the August 2020 lightning fires.
The CZU lightning complex fire burns along Butano Ridge and in Pescadero Creek Park, in the Santa Cruz Mountains, California. Pictured here on 19 August, this fire would later grow to over 85,000 acres and destroy over 900 structures
Western fires 2020