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The 2024 California wildfire season was a series of wildfires that burned throughout the U.S. state of California.By the end of the year, a total of 8,024 wildfires burned a cumulative 1,050,012 acres (424,925 ha).
At more than 4,000 acres, the Franklin Fire has not grown in size for several days. According to CAL FIRE, fire crews continue to gain ground, and the blaze is now more than 89% contained. However ...
On lands under CAL FIRE's jurisdictional protection (i.e. not federal or local responsibility areas), the majority of wildfire ignitions since 1980 have been caused by humans. The four most common ignition sources for wildfires on CAL FIRE-protected lands are, in order: equipment use, powerlines, arson, and lightning. [10]
As of 7:46 p.m., the fire had burned 14,148 acres and was not contained, according to the latest incident update released by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire.
The Bridge Fire in Southern California exponentially exploded over 10 times in size in a matter of 24 hours, as firefighters grappled with two other major fires in the region and a man was ...
The latest data from Cal Fire revealed that more than 1,400 households in the area were impacted by the fire. While the area has a daytime population of nearly 10,000, Cal Fire said over 5,600 ...
The 2023 California wildfire season was a series of significant wildfires that burned in the U.S. state of California during the calendar year. According to statistics published by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire), a total of 7,127 fires burned a total of 324,917 acres (131,489 hectares).
The Santa Maria Riverbed fire was 100% contained at 80 acres as of 8:38 p.m. on Thursday, Cal Fire said in a post on X. Fire reaches 100 acres. Update, Thursday at 7:30 p.m.: