Historic fires in California: 1.2 Million acres burned, 170,000 evacuated

Historic fires in California: 1.2 Million acres burned, 170,000 evacuated

Yahoo - World·2020-08-25 08:22

Over a dozen major fires are burning across California, killing seven people so far, destroying over 1,200 structures, spurring tens of thousands of evacuees — and reaching record-breaking proportions.

As of Monday, two major fires in Northern California — theLNU Lightning Complex fires in Napa County and the SCU Lightning Complex fires in Santa Clara County — had both blazed through over 345,000 acres, making them, respectively, the second- and third-largest fires in state history.

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