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Flames leap above a vehicle on High Valley Rd as the Ranch Fire, part of the Mendocino Complex Fire, burns near Clearlake Oaks on August 5, 2018. AFP Photo

The burnt out cars after the ranch fire, part of the Mendocino Complex Fire, hit Spring Valley near Clearlake Oaks, California. AFP Photo

A Buddha statue at a burned home in Spring Valley. AFP Photo

A singed page from a book amid the burned remains of a home in Spring Valley. AFP Photo

Evacuated residences mailboxes marked on a road near Clearlake Oaks. EPA

A sign is posted in front of a home completely destroyed by the fire in Spring Valley. AFP Photo

A firefighting airplane drops fire retardant at the Holy Fire near Lake Elsinore, in Orange County, California. AFP Photo

Firefighting helicopters collect water from Clear Lake as they battle the Medocino Complex fire. AFP

An aircrew from the 163d Attack Wing, California Air National Guard, fly an MQ-9 Reaper drone aircraft to scan the Mendocino Complex Fire. U.S. Reuters

Smoke rises from the Holy Fire in Cleveland National Forest on August 6, 2018 in Temescal Valley. AFP

Flames leap above a vehicle on High Valley Rd as the Ranch Fire, part of the Mendocino Complex Fire, burns near Clearlake Oaks on August 5, 2018. AFP Photo

The burnt out cars after the ranch fire, part of the Mendocino Complex Fire, hit Spring Valley near Clearlake Oaks, California. AFP Photo

A Buddha statue at a burned home in Spring Valley. AFP Photo

A singed page from a book amid the burned remains of a home in Spring Valley. AFP Photo

Evacuated residences mailboxes marked on a road near Clearlake Oaks. EPA

A sign is posted in front of a home completely destroyed by the fire in Spring Valley. AFP Photo

A firefighting airplane drops fire retardant at the Holy Fire near Lake Elsinore, in Orange County, California. AFP Photo

Firefighting helicopters collect water from Clear Lake as they battle the Medocino Complex fire. AFP

An aircrew from the 163d Attack Wing, California Air National Guard, fly an MQ-9 Reaper drone aircraft to scan the Mendocino Complex Fire. U.S. Reuters

Smoke rises from the Holy Fire in Cleveland National Forest on August 6, 2018 in Temescal Valley. AFP

Flames leap above a vehicle on High Valley Rd as the Ranch Fire, part of the Mendocino Complex Fire, burns near Clearlake Oaks on August 5, 2018. AFP Photo

Firefighters struggle to contain biggest wildfire in California's history - in pictures

Firefighters struggled against rugged terrain, high winds and an August heatwave to slow the spread

The National

August 08, 2018

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