The monster Thomas Brush Fire, which tore through parts of Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties several months ago, is no longer the largest fire in the state’s history.
The Thomas Fire burned 281,000 acres of land last December and January. That was eclipsed this week by the Mendocino Complex Fire, which has now charred more than 290,000 acres.
It’s actually a pair of fires northwest of Sacramento, which are burning near each other and being treated as one incident.
The Thomas Fire took two lives, and destroyed more than a thousand homes.
Firefighters from around the world are being brought in to help with the string of major brush fire burning across California. 14,000 firefighters are battling 17 blazes statewide.
