EditorialA Pacific Gas and Electric Company worker inspects a burned utility pole damaged in the LNU Lightning Complex Fire, overlooking Lake Berryessa, Calif., on Aug. 22, 2020. (Max Whittaker/The New York Times)
EditorialChris Lacombe looks over the remains of his home, which was destroyed by the LNU Lightning Complex, in Spanish Flat, Calif., on Aug. 25, 2020. (Max Whittaker/The New York Times)
EditorialMementos found in the remains of Marlene Eining’s home at the Spanish Flat Villa mobile home park, on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, which was destroyed by part of the LNU Lightning Complex fire in Spanish Flat, Calif. (Max Whittaker/The New York Times)
EditorialThe remains of a residence destroyed by the LNU Lightning Complex Fire in Spanish Flat, Calif., on Aug. 22, 2020. (Max Whittaker/The New York Times)
EditorialInmate firefighters with the Delta Conservation Crew create a fire line while working the Walbridge Fire, part of the LNU Lightning Complex, in Healdsburg, Calif., Aug. 23, 2020. (Max Whittaker/The New York Times)
EditorialInmate firefighters clearing a fire line on the Walbridge Fire near Healdsburg, Calif., during the LNU Complex fire, Aug. 23, 2020. (Max Whittaker/The New York Times)
EditorialThe remains of a residence destroyed by the LNU Lightning Complex Fire in Spanish Flat, Calif., on Aug. 22, 2020. (Max Whittaker/The New York Times)
EditorialChris Lacombe looks over the remains of his home at the Spanish Flat Villa mobile home park on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, in Spanish Flat, Calif., which was destroyed by the LNU Lightning Complex fire. (Max Whittaker/The New York Times)
EditorialA burned truck in front of a property destroyed by the LNU Lightning Complex fire in Lake Berryessa, Calif., Aug. 23, 2020. (Ian C. Bates/The New York Times)
EditorialThe remains of a residence damaged by the LNU Lightning Complex Fire in Healdsburg, Calif., on Aug. 22, 2020. (Ian C. Bates/The New York Times)