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Largest wildfire in US grows to cover area bigger than Los Angeles

Largest wildfire in US grows to cover area bigger than Los Angeles



Park fire scorches 386,000 acres as firefighters battle blazes across US west, including historic mining town of HavilahThe largest wildfire in the US swelled to more than 380,000 acres (154,000 hectares) on Tuesday morning, an area bigger than the city of Los Angeles and three times the surface area of Lake Tahoe, as thousands of firefighters battled the blaze in a remote wilderness area in northern California.Meanwhile, the destruction caused by wildfires raging across the US west came into sharp focus as photographers documented the destruction left by the Borel fire in southern California. The fast-growing fire tore through the historic mining town of Havilah, leaving burnt buildings, cars and forests. Continue reading…



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Publish date : 2024-07-31 02:50:14

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