Cal Fire says Northern California wildfires covered up to 8 miles in a single day

Arroyo Grande Hotshots firefighters look behind the flames of a backfire as they fight a French fire near Wofford Heights, California, on Aug.

Homeowner Jose Lamas, center, his wife, Maria Covarrubias, right, and their daughter Astrid Covarrubias walk through smoke after visiting their burnt home, which is on the way south of the fire in Little Creek, San Bernardino County, California was in August 25.

Crews fight the Caldor Fire of California as it moves east toward Lake Tahoe on Monday, Aug.

This aerial photo, taken Thursday, August 19, shows burnt homes at Creekside Mobile Home Park, a day after they were destroyed by the Cache Fire in Clearlake, California.

Firefighters dig a control line at the Caldor Fire near Pollock Pines, California, on Wednesday, Aug. 18.

Smoke and haze from wildfires on August 18 obscure the Golden Gate Bridge and the San Francisco skyline.

In this long-lasting photo, embers light the hills as the Dixie Fire burns near Milford, California, on August 17.

Destiny Barnard captures Raymond William Goechius trapped at a gas station in Doyle, California, on August 17. Bernard’s car broke down as she was helping Raymond and his family escape from the Dixie Fire.

Destroyed property is seen after the Caldor Fire passed through Grizzly Flats, Calif., on August 17.

Firefighters spray water on trees being burned by the Dixie Fire on August 17 near Janesville, California.

A firefighting helicopter flies in front of the sun, shrouded in smoke from a dense wildfire near Lakeview, Oregon, on Aug.

The wind blows smoke for a moment, revealing damage from the Parleys Canyon Fire in Utah on August 14.

On August 12, a fire broke out in the crew in Newhall, California.

A table and chairs sit in front of a destroyed home on August 12 in Greenville, California.

A firefighter fights the Dixie Fire near Taylorsville, Calif., on Aug. 10.

Plumes of smoke rise from the Quiss Fire near Eugene, Oregon, on Aug. 10.

A firefighter works to extinguish a controlled burn, a preventive measure, to protect a home in Greenville, California, on August 9.

Firefighters battling the Dixie Fire clear a fallen tree from a road in Plumas County, California, on August 6.

Flames of the Dixie Fire devour a pickup truck on Highway 89 south of Greenville, California on August 5.

Operations Chief Jay Walter walks through the historic Sierra Lodge during the burning of the Dixie Fire on August 4 in Greenville, California. The fire leveled several historic buildings and dozens of homes in Central Greenville.

Firefighters work in a Greenville home that was engulfed by the Dixie Fire on Aug.

The Dixie Fire burns on July 29 near Taylorsville, California.

California Governor Gavin Newsom, left, and Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak visit the area devastated by the Tamarack Fire on July 28 in Gardnerville, Nevada.

Firefighter Brent Call walks through a lit area of ​​the bootleg fire near Klamath Falls, Oregon, on July 27.

Cal Fire Capt. Tristan Gale, left, and Derek Leong monitor a firing operation in Lassen National Forest, California, on July 26. The crew set the ground on fire to stop the Dixie fire from spreading.

Firefighters try to arrive at a fire site in Quincy, California, on July 25.

Volunteers sort clothes at a charity shelter for people affected by the bootleg fire in Bailey, Oregon.

Scott Griffin surveys his property, which was destroyed by a bootleg fire, at Sikan Estates, Oregon.

Flames eat a house as the Dixie Fire tears through the Indian Falls community of Plumas County, California, on July 24.

People stand behind a line of fire as flames spread through dry grass in Colton, Washington, July 22.

Plumes of smoke from the Dixie Fire rise near the Pacific Gas and Electric Rock Creek Power House, over Plumas National Forest, California, on July 21.

Firefighters walk near a wildfire in Topanga, California, on July 19.

A firefighter works a mop-up in the Fremont-Winema National Forest, which is battling a bootleg fire in Oregon.

A car was burned by a bootleg fire on the side of a mountain road near Bailey, Oregon.

Nicholas Bay, 11, hugs his father, Sayyed, near a donated trailer they are using after their home burns down in a bootleg fire near Beatty, Oregon.

Firefighters extinguish hot spots in an area affected by the bootleg fire near Bailey, Oregon.

A bear cub clings to a tree after being spotted by a security officer at a bootleg fire in Oregon.

Firefighters work to protect Markleville, California from the Tamarack fire on July 17. The Tamarack Fire was started by lightning.

The Tamarack Fire burns in Markleeville near the California-Nevada border on July 17.

A member of Northwest Incident Management Team 12 holds a map of the Chuve Creek Fire as it devastated a wildfire on July 16 in Nespelum, Washington.

A cloud of bootleg fire blows through the air near Bailey, Oregon, on July 16.

Firefighters spray water from the Union Pacific Railroad’s fire train as they battle the Dixie Fire in Plumas National Forest, California, on July 16.

Horses climb a hill that was burned by the Chuve Creek Fire in eastern Washington.

Fire from a bootleg fire illuminates smoke near Bailey, Oregon, on the night of July 16.

A firefighter fights a bootleg fire in the Fremont-Winema National Forest along the Oregon and California border on July 15.

A firefighter drops a flame retardant on a bootleg fire in Bailey, Oregon, on July 15.

Firefighters excavate stumps and hot spots beneath brush, following flames from the Snake River Complex in the area south of Lewiston, Idaho, on July 15.

Burnt cars sit outside a home that was destroyed by the Chuve Creek Fire in Nespelum, Washington.

Ivacuee de McCarly hugs her cat bunny on July 14 at the Red Cross Center in Klamath Falls, Oregon.

An airplane drops a fire retardant over the Chuve Creek Fire in Washington on July 14.

Operations Section Chief Bert Thayer examines a map of the bootleg fire in Chiloquine, Oregon, on July 13.

Men hug a member of the Red Cross at a bootleg fire evacuation center in Klamath Falls, Oregon.

On July 9, in Doyle, California, embers were blown off a field by the burning of the Sugar Fire.

Firefighters monitoring a Chinese fire on July 9 in Doyle, California.

In this long-running photo taken early July 2, flames engulf drought-stricken Shasta Lake during the Salt Fire in Lakehead, California.