SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Exactly five years ago, on Sept. 9, 2020, wildfires were raging across Northern California and sending thick smoke drifting into the San Francisco Bay Area. Smoke partially shrouded the sun and turned San Francisco's sky into an eerie, glowing orange color.
The ominous shade of orange looked more fitting for the planet Mars. KRON4 Meteorologist Lawrence Karnow said offshore winds blew from the northeast and pushed smoke plumes long distances. (Watch Karnow's full segment from September 2020 in the video player above).
One of several wildfires burning at the time, called the August Complex Fire, is in the record books for being the largest in California history.
The August Complex Fire was sparked by a lightning storm, and it burned more than 1 million acres in seven counties.
Wildfire scorches historic California gold mining townAfter "Orange Skies Day," it took nearly a week for local air quality to return to healthy levels.
The slideshow below shows how wildfire smoke transformed San Francisco:
Getty ImagesGetty ImagesGetty ImagesGetty ImagesGetty ImagesGetty ImagesGetty ImagesGetty ImagesGetty ImagesGetty ImagesPhotographs from August and September 2020 below show some of the massive wildfires that ripped through California:
The Mendocino Complex Fires destroyed homes near Clearlake Oaks, California, on August 4, 2018. (NOAH BERGER/AFP via Getty Images) In this Aug. 18, 2020, file photo, a plume rises over a vineyard in Napa County as the Hennessey Fire burns. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File) Glass Mountain Inn burns as the Glass Fire moves through the area on September 27, 2020 in St. Helena, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) The August Complex Fire burns near Lake Pillsbury in the Mendocino National Forest, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) The Shady Fire can be seen on the hillside behind homes in Santa Rosa, on September 28, 2020. (Photo by Samuel Corum / AFP) (Photo by SAMUEL CORUM/AFP via Getty Images) Smoke from the Creek Fire billows beyond a ridge as seen from Huntington Lake on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020. (Eric Paul Zamora/The Fresno Bee via AP) Flames surround a segment of Lake Oroville as fire continues to spread at the Bear Fire in Oroville on September 9, 2020. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images) A massive column of smoke rises above Highway 1 just north of the Santa Cruz County line as a section of the CZU August Lightning Complex burns above Waddell Beach, Wednesday Aug. 19, 2020, northwest of Santa Cruz, Calif. (Shmuel Thaler/The Santa Cruz Sentinel via AP)Hence then, the article about photos when bay area skies turned orange in 2020 was published today ( ) and is available on KRON4 ( Middle East ) The editorial team at PressBee has edited and verified it, and it may have been modified, fully republished, or quoted. You can read and follow the updates of this news or article from its original source.
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