First ever gigafire recorded in California
The California wildfire has reached such proportions that it is now classified as a gigafire. To date, it has covered over a million acres of land. As of Monday, October 5, Cal Fire has declared the August Complex Fire the largest in California history. Now it burns in several districts at once. “More than 16,400 firefighters continue to work on localizing 23 major forest fires and one large-scale forest fire….