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A fire that reaches 1, 000 acres
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A fire that reaches 10, 000 acres
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A fire that reaches 100, 000 acres
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A fire that reaches 100, 000, 000 acres
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Detailed explanation-1: -A gigafire is defined as a wildfire that burns one million acres. The recent August Complex fire reached that ominous designation. Ignited by a series of lightning strikes, it grew into a powerful force, burning in seven California counties.
Detailed explanation-2: -1. 2003 Siberian Taiga Fires (Russia) – 55 Million Acres. In 2003 – during one of the hottest summers Europe experienced up to that point – a series of extremely devastating blazes in the taiga forests of Eastern Siberia destroyed over 55 million acres (22 million hectares) of land.
Detailed explanation-3: -The U.S. Interagency Fire Center defines a megafire by its size: It is a wildfire that burns more than 40, 500 hectares (100, 000 acres) of land. Other wildfire experts expand the definition of a megafire beyond “acres burned” to mean wildfires that have an unusually large impact on people and the environment.
Detailed explanation-4: -A coal seam-fueled eternal flame in Australia known as “Burning Mountain” is claimed to be the world’s longest burning fire, at 6, 000 years old. A coal mine fire in Centralia, Pennsylvania, has been burning beneath the borough since 1962.