The fires in LA now cover an area larger than 40,000 acres, a huge swath of land roughly the size of Washington, DC.

Still having a hard time visualizing the size? Use my latest interactive map for CalMatters to compare it to a place you know much better: where you live.

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LA fires: How would a blaze this size impact where you live? - CalMatters

To better understand the size of the LA fires, our tool lets you overlay the fire perimeters on any location in California.

^{John Osborn D'Agostino (CalMatters)}