California fire activity ‘slowly picking up again,’ air quality worsens
 

California fire activity ‘slowly picking up again,’ air quality worsens
By: Shwanika Narayan - San Francisco Chronicle - 09-20-20
Re: https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/...0-15582300.php

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The August Complex Fire burns near Lake Pillsbury in the Mendocino National Forest, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Photo: Noah Berger / Associated Press

Major fires continue to burn through parts of Northern California, including the state’s largest ever, the August Complex in Mendocino and Humboldt counties, which had scorched 834,000 acres and continued to grow Sunday.

Ignited by lightning more than a month ago, the August Complex fires are burning mostly forest land but have caused thousands to evacuate, destroyed 86 structures and led to one fatality, according to Cal Fire. The agency said the complex was 34% contained Sunday morning. More than 2,000 firefighters are fighting the blaze, including crews from Montana, New Jersey, Texas and Idaho.

About this writer: Shwanika Narayan is a business reporter at The San Francisco Chronicle where she covers retail and logistics. She was previously a reporter with the Los Angeles Business Journal where she wrote about manufacturing, retail and trade. Prior to that, she worked as a freelance video producer at AJ+ covering general news, her freelance work also includes writing for NBC News, Quartz and Hyphen magazine on Asian American identity. Shwanika has a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia Journalism School and a bachelor’s degree in political science from UCLA.

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Personal note: HC how would you rate these latest fires in CA? I think this is the worst one I've seen and read about in sometime. Hope you and your wife are in the fire areas currently underway!

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