Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Thomas Wildfire Is Largest In California's Recorded History

A fire burning in Southern California for more than two weeks has become the largest wildfire in California history, fire officials said Friday evening.
The so-called Thomas Fire has burned 273,400 acres in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties since it broke out on Dec. 4, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Hundreds of homes have been destroyed and the fire is blamed in two deaths.
Image: Santa Barbara County Firefighters haul dozens of pounds of hose and equipment down steep terrain below E. Camino Cielo to root out and extinguish smoldering hot spots in Santa Barbara, California on Dec. 19, 2017.

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