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Wildfire north of Sacramento is largest in California history and it may not be done growing

By Thomas A. Smith

California has never before seen a fire as large as the one burning now on federal land north of Sacramento.

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, on Thursday put the August Complex Fire in Mendocino National Forest atop its list of the largest wildfires in the state. Six of the 20 largest fires have taken place this year.

Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has blamed climate change for the current crop of fires, said Thursday that 2.6 million acres have burned in California this year. Cal Fire officials updated the number to 3.1 million Thursday afternoon.

via www.nbcnews.com

If it is climate change, there’s nothing anyone can do to stop it in the next few decades. But sending out people to clean up the forests might make a difference presently and it would employ people too. Newsom could even pose as FDR if he did that.