Since the fires started spreading on Nov. 8, the blazes have burned more than 230,000 acres, which is 364 square miles, or about the size of Indianapolis. Two blazes, the Camp Fire in Northern California and the Woolsey Fire near Los Angeles, have each claimed an area larger than the nation’s capital.
As of Tuesday morning, the Camp Fire, which has killed 42 people and destroyed the city of Paradise, has burned 117,000 acres, equivalent to 88,000 football fields, or about eight Manhattans. Firefighters say the blaze may not be fully contained until the end of November.
Read the rest of NBC’s California wildfires coverage here.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/california-wildfires-2018-size-compare-us-cities-map-n935946
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