2017 was Californias largest and most destructive fire season in a decade

In October, more than a dozen wildfires ripped across Northern California. The Nuns, Tubbs, Atlas and Redwood Valley fires stand out as among the most damaging to ever hit the state.

They started within a day of each other in early October and continued burning for nearly three weeks.

Collectively, the four fires turned more than 181,000 acres of forests, vineyards and farmland into barren lands. Despite burning half the land the Thomas Fire consumed, the blazes destroyed nearly eight times as many structures.

The wildfires also killed about 40 people and injured 44.

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