<p class="title">Two blazes mercilessly charring northern California have grown so rapidly that they became the US state's largest in recorded history, authorities said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Collectively dubbed the Mendocino Complex, the wildfires have burned through 283,800 acres (114,850 hectares) -- an area nearly the size of the sprawling city of Los Angeles -- and are just 30 percent contained, according to state fire authority CalFire.</p>
<p class="title">Two blazes mercilessly charring northern California have grown so rapidly that they became the US state's largest in recorded history, authorities said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Collectively dubbed the Mendocino Complex, the wildfires have burned through 283,800 acres (114,850 hectares) -- an area nearly the size of the sprawling city of Los Angeles -- and are just 30 percent contained, according to state fire authority CalFire.</p>