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A series of ten explosions took place on April 22, 1992, in the downtown district of Analco Colonia Atlas in Guadalajara city, Jalisco state, Mexico. Numerous gasoline explosions in the sewer system and fires over four hours destroyed 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) of streets. [1] Gante Street was the most damaged.
Santa Ana winds in California expand fires and spread smoke over hundreds of miles, as in this October 2007 satellite image The Rim Fire consumed more than 250,000 acres (100,000 ha) of forest near Yosemite National Park, in 2013. This is a partial and incomplete list of wildfires in the US state of California. California has dry, windy, and ...
December 11, 2024 near Malibu, California. ... The wind whips embers from the trees while a firefighter works as the Franklin Fire burns in Malibu, California, U.S., December 10, 2024.
The fire destroyed the relatively small building. The theater was located on Mezquitán Street between Angulo and Herrera y Cairo, the present location of the Jardín del Refugio (Garden of the Refuge), in downtown Guadalajara. [citation needed] At the time of the fire, 2,500 people were crowded into the theater. [2]
An August 19, 2020 satellite image of the wildfires burning in Northern California, covering a significant portion of California and nearby states. The 2020 California wildfire season , part of the 2020 Western United States wildfire season , was a record-setting year for wildfires in California .
The Bridge Fire is raging through southern California, forcing thousands of evacuations and scorching more than 50,000 acres, as fire authorities hope a burst of humidity will continue to slow its ...
Fall wildfires in California are often driven by the famous Santa Ana winds, which travel down mountain slopes and bring relatively hot, dry air to coastal areas. The winds occur when areas of ...
The 2007 California wildfire season saw at least 9,093 separate wildfires that charred 1,520,362 acres (6,152.69 km 2) of land. [1] Thirty of those wildfires were part of the Fall 2007 California firestorm, [5] which burned approximately 972,147 acres (about 3,934 km 2, or 1,520 mi 2) of land from Santa Barbara County to the U.S.–Mexico border. [6]