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Coverage dated January 16, 2025

Los Angeles fires have scorched largest urban area in California in at least 40 years

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Two wildfires still burning in Los Angeles have torched more urban area than any other fire in the state since at least the mid-1980s. That's according to an Associated Press analysis of data from the Silvis Lab at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

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    Los Angeles fires have scorched largest urban area in California in at least 40 years (opens KOB 4)

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    Two wildfires still burning in Los Angeles have torched more urban area than any other fire in the state since at least the mid-1980s. That's according to an Associated Press analysis of data from the Silvis Lab at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

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    Analysis: Los Angeles fires have scorched largest urban area in California in at least 40 years (opens KOB 4)

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    Analysis: Los Angeles fires have scorched largest urban area in California in at least 40 years.

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    Los Angeles fires burn largest urban area in California in at least 40 years (opens WMUR)

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    Two wildfires in Los Angeles have burned more urban area than any other fire in the state since the mid-1980s

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