Here are the 10 largest fires in California history with figures accurate as of Monday, Oct. 5.
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1. AUGUST COMPLEX FIRE (Tehama County), August 2020
Acres burned: 1,002,097
Structures destroyed: 160
Deaths: 1
2. MENDOCINO COMPLEX FIRE (Colusa County, Lake County, Glenn County, Mendocino counties), July 2018
Acres burned: 459,123
Structures destroyed: 280
Deaths: 1
3. SCU LIGHTNING COMPLEX FIRE (Stanislaus, Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa, San Joaquin counties), August 2020
Acres burned: 396,624
Structures destroyed: 222
Deaths: 0
4. LNU LIGHTNING COMPLEX FIRE (Sonoma, Lake, Napa, Yolo & Solano counties), August 2020
Acres burned: 363,220
Structures destroyed: 1,491
Deaths: 5
NASA satellite imagery shows 1,214-mile smoke plume from California wildfires
5. CREEK FIRE (Fresno & Madera counties), Sept. 2020
Acres burned: 322,089
Structures destroyed: 856
Deaths: 0
6. NORTH COMPLEX FIRE (Butte, Plumas and Yuba counties), August 2020
Acres burned: 318,724
Structures destroyed: 2,352
Deaths: 15
7. THOMAS FIRE (Ventura, Santa Barbara counties), December 2017
Acres burned: 281,893
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Structures destroyed: 1,063
Deaths: 2
8. CEDAR FIRE (San Diego County), October 2003
Acres burned: 273,246
Structures destroyed: 2,820
Deaths: 15
9. RUSH FIRE (Lassen County), August 2012
Acres burned: 271,911 in California; 43,666 in Nevada
Structures destroyed: 0
Deaths: 0
10. RIM FIRE (Tuolumne County), August 2013
Acres burned: 257,314
Structures destroyed: 112
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Deaths: 0
Note: This list only takes into account fires that happened in 1932 or later, as records before this time are less reliable, according to Cal Fire.