2003 California wildfires

During 2003, 9,116 wildfires burned 1,020,460 acres (4,129.7 km2) across the US state of California. In October, a major wildfire outbreak in Southern California burned more than 750,000 acres, destroyed thousands of homes, and killed two dozen people.

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