Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorEven in a year of record wildfires, the August Complex Fire north of San Francisco is staggering.The conflagration, located in hilly wooded land that includes the Mendocino National Forest, is now more than 60% bigger than the previous biggest blaze known to have hit the state, the deadly Mendocino Fire Complex that blackened 459,123 acres in the same area in 2018.
For a chart listing the blazes, click here.Extreme weather conditions has caused an increase in acreage for the #CreekFire, which has now grown to be the 16th largest wildfire in California history.
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