A large wildfire has burned nearly a third of Santa Rosa Island in California’s Channel Islands National Park — an area home to dozens of rare plants and animals, including some found nowhere else in the world.

Fire on Santa Rosa Island in Channel Islands national park becomes state’s largest this year and threatens rare plants

The Channel Islands are home to hundreds of unique species, and an unchecked blaze is tearing through one of the archipelago’s most untouched lands.

The blaze spread across the southern side of the second-largest island in California’s Channel Islands National Park.

A large wildfire has burned nearly a third of Santa Rosa Island in California’s Channel Islands National Park — an area home to dozens of rare plants and animals, including some…

Firefighters are racing to douse flames on Santa Rosa Island as experts express concern for survival of its unique habitat