California wildfire now largest in state history
LOS ANGELES, California - A wildfire that has killed two people and seared its way
through cities, towns and wilderness northwest of Los Angeles became the
largest blaze ever officially recorded in California on Friday,
authorities said.
The Thomas Fire took only 2 ½ weeks to burn its way
into history books as unrelenting winds and parched weather turned
everything in its path to tinder — including more than 700 homes. The
fire in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties had scorched 273,400 acres,
or about 427 square miles of coastal foothills and national forest,
according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. |
| This Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017 false-color image from the European Space Agency's Sentinel-2 satellite via NASA, shows a brown burn scar from the Thomas fire north of the city of Ventura, CA, at bottom center. The flames stand out starkly as smoke billows toward the Pacific Ocean and untouched areas of vegetation appear in bright shades of green. The huge wildfire that burned hundreds of homes in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties is now the largest in California's recorded history. State fire officials said Friday, Dec. 22, 2017, that the Thomas fire has scorched 273,400 acres, or about 427 square miles of coastal foothills and national forest (European Space Agency/NASA via AP, File). |
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That was 154 acres larger than California's
previous fire record holder — the 2003 Cedar fire in San Diego County
that killed 15 people. The Cedar fire had been recognized as the biggest
California wildfire in terms of acreage since 1932. Some fires before
that date undoubtedly were larger but records are unreliable, according
to state fire officials. More
Why? Manmade drought with chemtrails
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