Near the end of what has been a tremendously destructive fire year across the state, the Thomas Fire has become the largest wildfire on record in California.

It has burned 273,400 acres across Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, surpassing the Cedar Fire, which burned 273,246 acres near San Diego in 2003. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Cal Fire, has been keeping records of the largest fires since 1932.