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Brianna Taylor and Don Sweeney
The Sacramento Bee
California’s latest and largest wildfire, the Lava Fire, prompted the evacuation of about 10,000 residents north of the Siskiyou County city of Weed.
But hot lava didn’t start the June 25 fire. Lightning did.
So how do wildfires get their names anyway? Typically that’s the job of the dispatch center that sends the initial responders to the fire. But sometimes the first firefighters on the scene give a blaze its forever name.
According to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, fires are traditionally named by their location in reference to a nearby street, a body of water or a landmark.
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