As of October 2022, the largest wildfire that struck California that year was the Mosquito Fire, with over * acres burned. The fire started on September 7, 2022, and burns in mountainous terrain, which has stifled early containment efforts. The McKinney Fire fire was the second-largest wildfire in 2022. It began on July 29 and led to over * acres being burned as well as multiple casualties.
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