California burns more land than 5 cities in New York. Now bad weather could ignite more fires



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Resident Austin Giannuzzi cries as he hugs his family in front of the burnt remains of their home during the LNU Lightning Complex fire in Vacaville, Calif. On August 23

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Flames from the LNU Lightning Complex fires leap over unincorporated Butts Canyon Road in Lake County, Calif., On August 23.

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A firefighter watches as the LNU Lightning Complex fires spread through the Berryessa Estates neighborhood in Napa County, Calif., On Friday, August 21.

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Firefighter Karol Markowski of the South Pasadena Fire Department sprinkles hot spots while battling the blaze at the CZU August Lightning complex in Boulder Creek, Calif. On Saturday, August 22.

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A burnt out vehicle is left outside a destroyed residence as smoke fills the sky in Boulder Creek, Calif., On August 22.

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Veterinary technician Brianna Jeter comforts a llama injured in a fire in Vacaville, Calif. On August 21. Right, animal control officer Dae Kim prepares to euthanize the llama.

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Smoke is low in the air at Big Basin Redwoods State Park as some redwoods still burn on August 22 in Boulder Creek, California.

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Smoke from nearby wildfires hangs over San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge on August 21.

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A firefighter monitors the progress of a blaze in Boulder Creek, Calif., Aug.21.

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Members of the US Forest Service discuss their next actions to fight the Grizzly Creek fire near Dotsero, Colo., August 21.

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People pack packed lunches at an evacuation center in Santa Cruz, Calif. On August 21.

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A plume of smoke from the LNU Lightning Complex fires over Healdsburg, Calif. On Thursday, August 20.

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A firefighter combats the flames of the CZU Lightning Complex blaze in Santa Cruz County, Calif., On August 20.

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Only burnt houses and vehicles remain at the Spanish mobile villa in Napa County, Calif., On August 20.

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Peter Koleckar reacts after seeing several houses set on fire in his neighborhood of Bonny Doon, Calif., On August 20.

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A forest burns in Bonny Doon on August 20.

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A man watches a tree blocking his path as he tries to get home after a fire swept through Vacaville, Calif., On August 20.

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A molten plastic fence rests on the charred ground after a fire swept through Vacaville on August 20.

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Sarah Hawkins searches the rubble after her home in Vacaville was destroyed on August 20.

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Fire crews maintain a backburn to control the river fire near the Las Palmas neighborhood in Salinas, Calif. On Wednesday August 19.

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Gina Santos cries in her car after evacuating Vacaville on August 19.

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People round up cows on Pleasants Valley Road in Vacaville on August 19.

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Flames from the Lightning Complex fires devour a home in Napa County, Calif., On August 19.

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Embers burn along a hill above Lake Berryessa as fires at the LNU Lightning Complex tear apart Napa County, Calif. On Tuesday, August 18. This image was taken with a long exposure.

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A resident walks into a house to rescue a dog as flames from the Hennessy fire draw closer to Lake Berryessa on August 18.

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A house burns as fires at the LNU Lightning Complex ravage the Spanish Flat community of Napa County on August 18.

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On August 18, a tanker launched a fire retardant in the Spanish Flat community of Napa County.

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Flames from the Hennessy fire devour a cabin at the Nichelini family winery in Napa County on August 18.

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Tony Leonardini is working on a point fire as thunderstorm winds fuel the Hennessy fire in Napa County on Monday August 17.

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Smoke from the Grizzly Creek fire is heavy in Glenwood Canyon, near Glenwood Springs, Colo. On Sunday, August 16.

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Kathy Mathison watches the still-hot August 16 wildfire that just a day before occurred a few feet from her home in Bend, Oregon.

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Firefighters watch the smoke and flames that emerge from the Ranch2 fire in the San Gabriel Mountains, east of Los Angeles, Friday August 14.

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A helicopter drops a drop in the fire at Ranch2 in Azusa, Calif., Thursday, August 13.

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A car was charred by Lake Fire near Lake Hughes, 60 miles north of Los Angeles, on Thursday, August 13.

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A couple watch the Ranch2 Fire from afar on August 13.

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A fire crew works in Lake Hughes on August 13.

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The Lake Fire burns down a house in the Angeles National Forest on August 13.

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Flames and smoke from the lake fire rise on Wednesday August 12.

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A firefighter works against the lake fire on August 12.

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Firefighters are developing an escape plan as the lake fire burns a hill on August 12.

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An oil tanker crashes on Fire Lake on August 12.

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A plume of smoke rises from the fire in the lake on August 12.

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Fire crews fight the Grizzly Creek blaze near Glenwood Springs, Colo. On Tuesday, August 11.

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