What the records say
- When
- 17 Aug 2020 – 3 Dec 2020
- Kind
- Wildfire
- Coordinates
- 39.85° N, 120.96° W
- Description
- large complex wildfire in Northern California in 2020
- Deaths
- 3
- Injured
- 12
- Cause
- lightning strike
North Complex Fire
2020 wildfire in Northern California
The North Complex Fire was a massive wildfire complex that burned in the Plumas National Forest in Northern California in the counties of Plumas and Butte. Twenty-one fires were started by lightning on August 17, 2020; by September 5, all the individual fires had been put out with the exception of the Claremont and Bear Fires, which merged on that date, and the Sheep Fire, which was then designated a separate inciden…
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