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California wildfires surge past 4 million acres with August Complex toppling 1 million
California’s wildfire season set a grim milestone as the August Complex fire in the Coast Range surpassed 1 million acres, part of a year that has burned well over 4 million acres and killed 31 people. Since mid‑August, fires sparked by lightning in Mendocino National Forest grew into the state’s largest on record, threatening thousands of structures and forcing evacuations. Containment stood at 54 percent, with 8,400+ buildings destroyed and more than 8,200 fires statewide, amid forecasts of cooling and a possible Pacific storm system.
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San Francisco
California
Coast Range
Oregon Border
Mendocino National Forest
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
America
Mike Flannigan
Partnership For Wildland Fire Science
Canada
University of Alberta
U.S