Why California's largest fire in history is so difficult to contain
by Alene Tchekmedyian And Alejandra Reyes-Velarde, Los Angeles Times
Aug 16, 2018
2 minutes
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Each day on the front lines of California's largest wildfire, firefighters start their shifts noting their safety zones and escape routes. Flames from the Mendocino Complex are still ripping through thousands of acres a day of steep, mountainous terrain packed with dead oak trees - standing and fallen - and littered with leaves and pine needles.
Crews are on especially high alert this week after a firefighter
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