Mendocino Complex fire becomes California's largest wildfire in history, authorities say. The Mendocino Complex fire, fueled by dry vegetation and hot, windy weather, has become California’s largest wildfire, authorities said on Monday. The fire, two separate blazes burning a few miles apart, has scorched 283,800 acres and is only 30 percent contained, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. It has surpassed last year’s Thomas Fire that burned more than 281,000 acres. Ref. USAToday.
Trump needs to put his foolish ideals behind him and help the people of California right now with all the fires they are in this no longer about political positions these are lives!
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Around 70+ people have died in these fires and many many more displaced or injured. Its probably one of the worst in history.
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California wildfires rages amid fear of mega-inferno. Red flag warnings of extreme fire danger were expected to continue into Friday for large stretches of Northern California amid fears that multiple wildfires could merge into a 1-million acre mega-inferno. Officials fear gusty winds, extreme heat and low humidity may prompt the Zogg Fire, which has burned through 55,303 acres near Redding and left four people dead, to fuse with the August Complex Fire - which has already incinerated 955,513 acres. Ref. USAToday.
California's August Complex largest fire in state's history. NOAA/NASA's Suomi NPP satellite captured another startling image of the August Complex of fires that has grown to over 1,000,000 acres burned (1,006,140 acres total) and because of that grim milestone the complex has been dubbed a 'gigafire.' Source 5x.
High winds and dry air combine to create 'dangerous fire weather event' for California. Powerful winds are expected to blow through parts of California into Monday, setting up extreme fire conditions in a state already reeling from a devastating fire season. Ref. USAToday.
Father and son arrested in California on suspicion of starting massive Caldor Fire that threatened the Lake Tahoe area. David Scott Smith, 66, and his 32-year-old son Travis Shane Smith were arrested on suspicion of reckless arson in connection with the Caldor Fire, which burned for more than two months earlier this year. Nearly 32,000 structures were threatened, 81 were damaged and almost 800 were destroyed. Source 9r.