Melissa Golden

PROJECTS: American Burn

The Butte County Lightning Complex Fires in California - part of an ongoing project on land mis-management and American megafires.

After a major lightning storm on June 21, 2008, over two thousand separate fires ignited across California, ravaging nearly 900,000 acres. In Butte County, over 50,000 acres burned, 50 structures were destroyed and close to 10,000 people were evacuated as the fires crept closer.