In Cal Fire's list of the top 20 largest wildfires in the state dates back to 1932, only two fires have burned more acreage in California so far this century: the Cedar Fire of 2003, and the Rush Fire of 2017, which burned 273,246 and 271,911, respectively.
A 32-year-old firefighter from San Diego county died Thursday from burns and smoke inhalation, according to autopsy results announced Saturday by the Ventura County medical examiner's office.
National Weather Service meteorologist Curt Kaplan was quoted by ABC news channel as saying that they never seen the red flag warnings were issued for straight 12 days before.
"This has been the longest duration event that we have had a red flag warning out without any breaks," he said.
Red flag warnings were instituted by the weather service in 2004 and are intended to alert fire agencies to hot, dry and windy conditions that foster wildfires.
The National Weather Service warned that red flag conditions would be in effect in the Santa Barbara County mountains till Sunday morning.
To contain the Thomas Fire, about 8,300 firefighters from nearly a dozen states have been battling on fire lines for 13 days, aided by 78 bulldozers and 29 helicopters. And the firefighting costs approached 89 million U.S. dollars.
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