The largest fires are called megafires.

最大的火灾称为特大火灾。

In fact, eight of the ten largest megafires in California history have happened over just the last five years.

事实上，加州历史上十大特大火灾中的八场就发生在过去五年里。

Now they seem to be getting bigger and they talk about megafires and giga fires just on that scale.

现在它们似乎越来越大，我指的是大型火灾和超大型火灾。

These are what we call " megafires."

这些就是我们所说的“特大火灾” 。

Last year's megafires in Canada fall into this category, as do the Siberian blazes of 2020.

去年加拿大的特大火灾就属于这一类，2020 年的西伯利亚大火也属于这一类。

" These fires just poofed into existence—they were nothing and then they were megafires, " he said.

“这些大火只是突然出现——它们什么都不是， 然后就变成了特大火灾， ” 他说。

One of the hottest, driest summers on record has led to a barrage of " megafires" that have killed at least 35 people, burned nearly 5 million acres, and destroyed thousands of homes and buildings.

有记录以来最热、最干燥的夏季之一导致了一场“特大火灾” ，造成至少 35 人死亡， 烧毁近 500 万英亩土地， 并摧毁了数千所房屋和建筑物。