The Smith River Complex fire was the biggest fire reported in the United States in 2023. The lightning-caused incident burned approximately 330,000 acres in the state of California in 2023. York was the second-biggest fire reported in 2023 in the U.S. with around 181,000 acres burned in the same state.
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