California Wildfires Random Stuff

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  1. 3. Most important fire
  2. 4. 74th most important fire ever, overshadowed by the Delta Fire
  3. 5. Main fire in 2020 SQF Lightning Complex
  4. 7. 2024 vehicle fire in Kern County
  5. 10. Largest 2022 fire
  6. 12. Small 2024 Malibu fire that was blocked by the Woolsey Fire burn scar on the west and had a burn scar that blocked the 2025 Palisades Fire to the east
  7. 14. Fire name used for major fires in 2015, 2020, and 2024
  8. 17. Largest powerlines fire
  9. 18. Main fire of the 2020 CZU Lightning Complex
  10. 20. Tulare County fires are usually abbreviated like this
  11. 22. ___ Lightning Complex - The August Complex was initially part of this complex until they realized that it was far too big for this and that the other fires were much farther away.
  12. 24. 2021 fire that burned mostly in El Dorado county and was caused by a bullet
  13. 27. North Bay abbreviation
  14. 28. Most overrated fire ever
  15. 30. Second-most-destructive fire ever
  16. 31. 1977 fire that was kicked off the large-fire list last year
  17. 33. Most fire-prone county
  18. 35. Main fire in 2023 Smith River Complex
  19. 38. Largest arson fire
  20. 40. 2018 Camp Fire main town destroyed
  21. 41. Called the "worst fire ever" (but actually wasn't)
  22. 42. 2024 fire with misleading Wikipedia article
  23. 43. Main fire in 2021 KNP Complex
  24. 44. Northern county that was burned by multiple megafires in 2021
  25. 45. ___ Complex, the second-most important fire ever
  26. 46. Official redbook name of a fire that burned 86509 acres in 2020, and is one of the most overrated Northern California wildfires. Use underscore (_) for spaces.
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  1. 1. Main fire group in 2021 River Complex
  2. 2. Fire that canceled school
  3. 6. Fire that burned 223651 acres
  4. 8. First small town to be destroyed by 2018 Camp Fire
  5. 9. Main fire in 2020 North Complex
  6. 11. Fourth-most destructive fire in CA history (This crossword was written in March 2025)
  7. 13. Popular video game that has a name similar to a 2020 vehicle-caused fire
  8. 15. Main fire in 2020 August Complex
  9. 16. Medium 2024 fire whose growth was stopped by the KNP Complex burn scar to the north and the Castle burn scar to the south
  10. 19. 2025 Eaton Fire main neighborhood destroyed
  11. 21. Main fire in 2020 LNU Lightning Complex
  12. 23. ___ Complex, largest fire in California history
  13. 25. 2021 fire where the size in acres involves each digit from 1 to 6 exactly once
  14. 26. ___ Complex, where the larger of the two fires was caused by a person trying to plug a wasp nest with a hammer
  15. 29. Name of storm that caused the 2020 Fire Siege
  16. 32. 2020 fire famously caused by smoke bombs at a gender reveal party (pyrotechnics)
  17. 34. Main fire in 2024 SQF Lightning Complex
  18. 36. Main cause of California wildfires (~74% of acres, ~40% of total fires if undetermined fires are not counted)
  19. 37. Large 2025 fire that slammed into Castaic Lake
  20. 39. Largest fire caused by an escaped campfire
  21. 47. 2020 fire that was initially part of the North Complex.