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Thomas fire becomes largest wildfire on record in California
By artappraiser on Fri, 12/22/2017 - 10:32pm |By Michael Livingston & Javier Panzar from Ventura, CA for LATimes.com, Dec. 22
The Thomas fire on Friday became California’s largest wildfire on record, burning 273,400 acres during its destructive march across Ventura and Santa Barbara counties.
The fire eclipsed the 2003 Cedar fire in San Diego County, which burned 273,246 acres.
The milestone reaffirmed 2017 as the most destructive fire season ever in the state. In October, a series of fires in wine country burned more than 10,000 homes and killed more than 40 people [....]
Despite its size, the Thomas fire has been less destructive than either the wine country fires or the Cedar fire, which destroyed 2,820 structures and killed 15 people.
The Thomas fire has claimed just over 1,000 structures since it started on Dec. 4 [....]
includes map comparison, more detail and updates on the actual fire situation.
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http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-thomas-fire-size-20171222-20171222-htmlstory.html
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