California Wildfires Spawn First ‘Gigafire’ in Modern History

Published by: The Guardian October 6, 2020

August complex fire expanded beyond 1m acres, elevating it from a mere ‘megafire’ to a new classification: ‘gigafire.’

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/06/california-wildfires-gigafire-first