Broader perspective, significant incidents, The end of this marathon

SF Gate:

Jake Hess, a Cal Fire unit chief for Santa Clara, gave some broader perspective on the SCU Lightning Complex Fire as well as the LNU Lightning Complex fire burning to the north, respectively the third and second-largest fires in California history.

„We are essentially living in a mega-fire era,“ he said. „We have folks that have been working [at Cal Fire] for the last five years [and] this is all they understand is mega fires since they started. These significant incidents have been outpacing themselves every year. With that this is going to be a marathon that we’re on … We’re setting a pace so we can get to the end of this marathon.“