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2007 California Wildfires

Five largest fires on record in California

By Patrick McGreevy
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Five largest fires in California, officials said:

1. Cedar, October 2003, San Diego County, 273,246 acres
2. Zaca, July 2007, Santa Barbara County, 240,207 acres
3. Matilija, September 1932, Santa Barbara County, 220,000 acres
4. Witch (still burning), October 2007, San Diego County, 197,000 acres
5. Marble Cone, July 1977, Monterey County, 177,866 acres

-- Patrick McGreevy

2007 California Wildfires
Patrick McGreevy

Patrick McGreevy covered the California Legislature out of the Sacramento bureau until 2021. He joined the Los Angeles Times in 1998 and worked in the City Hall and San Fernando Valley bureaus, writing about subjects including Valley secession, LAPD reform and city government during the administrations of Mayors Richard Riordan, James Hahn and Antonio Villaraigosa. He is a native of San Diego and a graduate of San Jose State University.

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