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The fire scorched more than 180 square miles of the San Gabriel Mountains and ranks among the largest fires in L.A.

That's the same size of asteroid that exploded over Siberia in 1908 injuring people and damaging buildings over 200 square miles.

County history, charring 250 square miles, destroying more than 200 structures and killing two county firefighters.

But remember, the valley is six square miles in a 1,187-square-mile park.

“Hundreds of square miles of good tortoise habitat is now being used for military maneuvers,” LaRue said, citing base expansions at Twentynine Palms and at Fort Irwin National Training Center near Barstow.