Largest wildfires in California 1932-2022, by burned area

The August Complex fire in August 2020 was the largest wildfire in California's recent history, with over one million acres burned. Most recently, the July 2021 Dixie fire became the second-largest wildfire in terms burned area. The fire started when a tree fell across powerlines belonging to electric utility company PG&E. The same company was also responsible for the Camp fire, which was the wildfire with the most structures destroyed in California and originated from malfunctioning of the same powerline network.

2020年8月发生的八月复合大火是加利福尼亚州近期历史上最大的野火，过百万英亩的土地被烧毁。最近，2021年7月的迪克西大火成为了仅次于前者的第二大野火。火灾的起因是一棵树倒在电力公司PG&E的电力线上。同一家公司也曾对坎普火灾负责，该火灾是加利福尼亚州造成结构损毁最多的野火，其起源也是同一电力网络的故障。