By acreage, it was the largest wildfire in the United States between 1997-2007.

The summer's two largest wildfires were brought under control, but the people accused of setting them faced uncertain futures.

Extreme value theory may also be used to predict the size of large wildfires.

By acreage, it was the third largest wildfire in the United States between 1997 and 2009.

Colorado has endured fewer than two dozen large wildfires this year, a fifth of the number in California.

The West is affected by large wildfires each year.

It was the sixth largest wildfire in California history.

At least five large wildfires were burning in Colorado today.

The woman who started the largest wildfire in the state's history has agreed to plead guilty.

About 90 percent of the 12,000 large and small wildfires in California each year are caused by people rather than by other sources, like lightning.