The Latest: California wildfire largest on state record
The Latest on wildfires in the U.S. West (all times local):
11:10 a.m.
WILLOWS, Calif. — A wildfire burning since last month in Northern California is now the state’s largest on record.
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection says the August Complex has scorched more than 736 square miles (1,906 square kilometers), centered in vast wilderness about 130 miles (209 kilometers) north of San Francisco.
The blaze originated as 37 separate fires in the Mendocino National
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