One chapter of Bay Area wildfires has officially closed as another continues to rewrite that very history.
CAL FIRE announced Friday the LNU Lightning Complex fire is 100% contained.
The fire, which was compiled from a series of fires, included the Hennessey, Walbridge and Meyers fires across five counties: Napa, Sonoma, Solano, Lake and Yolo.
It ranks as the fourth-largest wildfire in California history at a staggering 363,220 acres.
Five people were killed in the fire; two in Solano County and three in Napa County. Almost 1,500 structures were destroyed and 232 were damaged by the flames.
The complex was one of three that ignited over the same weekend in August.
In the South Bay, the SCU Lightning Complex was recently 100% contained at over 396,000 acres. That fire is the third-largest in state history, according to CAL FIRE.
The CZU Lightning Complex simultaneously burned in southern San Mateo and Santa Cruz counties, destroying countless homes in the Santa Cruz mountains. It scorched 86,590 acres in total and was fully contained in late September.
Full containment, however, seems like less of a victory than it normally is with the Glass Fire currently impacting much of the same areas in Napa and Sonoma counties.
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