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California’s Largest Blaze Ever, The August Complex Fire, Has Now Scorched Over 1 Million Acres

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Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorEven in a year of records, this one is eye-popping: The August Complex Fire, which long ago became the state’s largest ever, has now scorched over 1 million acres since it was sparked by lightning on August 10.The 1 million acres destroyed by this single fire complex is far more than average total area burned across the entire state in the past 5 years.

As of October 4, the average total of acres burned in each year was 348,000.The massive August Complex Fire’s West Zone, which is its most active, is still only 60% contained.Collectively, as of Sunday the California wildfires had scorched over 4 million acres.

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