Nearly a quarter of a million people are under evacuation orders and warnings.
Fire officials say they are preparing for a"marathon" to suppress the wildfires that are raging across California – including two of the largest in state history. That's even after a quieter-than-expected Monday.
Officials warned that all of the state's residents should still be ready and on high alert as weather forecasts signaled the looming threat of more lightning with hot temperatures and unpredictable winds. Three fires are burning on all sides of the Bay Area: the LNU Lightning Complex is burning 315,000 acres and was 25% contained; the SCU Lightning Complex has burned 360,055 acres Monday night with 15% containment; and the CZU Lightning Complex to the south has burned 78,000 and was 13% contained.
Other large fires included the Butte/Tehama/Glenn Lightning Complex west of Red Bluff and the River Fire south of Salinas, both of which had burned nearly 50,000 acres each. The historic headquarters at Big Basin Redwoods State Park is gone, as are many small buildings and campground infrastructure that went up in flames as fire swept through the park about 45 miles south of San Francisco.
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