Top 10 Devastating Wildfires

This historic blaze â?? the largest in California's history â?? was actually 14 separate fires that raged throughout the parched land in the southern part of the state. One of the infernos, named the Cedar Fire, burned through San Diego County in the final days of October 2003 after a lost hiker ignited a small fire to alert rescuers. Firefighters, already stretched thin by other fires in the state, struggled to contain the wind-fueled flames which consumed 273,246 acres and more than 2,000 homes.