Mendocino Complex fire explodes to 229,000 acres, making one of largest on record
REDDING, Calif._A massive pair of fires burning on either side of Clear Lake, about 100 miles north of San Francisco, exploded to nearly 230,000 acres Saturday night, making it one of the largest on record in California and the most pressing of 17 large wildfires across the state.
The Mendocino Complex fire, as it's called, consists of two separate conflagrations that had consumed more than 229,000 acres by Saturday
