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flag Rare multi-ignition wildfires cause most damage in California, and a new model aims to predict them.

flag A new study in Science Advances reveals that multi-ignition wildfires, though rare, cause a disproportionate amount of damage—just 7% of California’s fires accounted for 31% of burned land. flag Using the E3SM model, researchers found these fires merge, spread faster, and trigger dangerous pyrocumulonimbus storms that generate lightning, sparking new fires. flag The modeling framework, which links fire behavior to atmospheric conditions at a kilometer scale, aims to predict such events, aiding firefighter safety and infrastructure planning. flag Future data from a 2026 NASA field campaign will refine the model.

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