California wildfires spawn first ‘gigafire’ in modern history
by Oliver Milman and Vivian Ho from on (#58VAG)
August complex fire expanded beyond 1m acres, elevating it from a mere megafire' to a new classification: gigafire'
California's extraordinary year of wildfires has spawned another new milestone - the first gigafire", a blaze spanning 1m acres, in modern history.
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