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