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That same day, CAL FIRE released a chart with the top 20 largest wildfires in California history, adding the Thomas Fire as the new largest fire. [86] On December 27, the Thomas Fire experienced another small expansion in size on its northeastern flank, to 281,893 acres (114,078 ha), while containment of the wildfire increased to 91%. [87]
The Thomas Fire had also destroyed at least 794 structures while damaging 187 others, and cost at least $38.4 million to fight, [28] [63] becoming at least the 10th most destructive wildfire in California history. [64] Early on December 11, the Thomas Fire had grown to 230,500 acres (933 km 2), while containment of the fire had increased to 15% ...
California Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency in Ventura and Los Angeles Counties, [103] and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti declared a state of emergency for the city. [104] The largest fire was the Thomas Fire, which grew to 281,893 acres, becoming California's largest modern wildfire at the time, since surpassed by the ...
Multiple major wildfires are leaving a trail of destruction and death in the Los Angeles area. The maps below show the sizes and statuses of the fires. They will be updated frequently. The largest ...
Auto Fire: To the west of the city in the county of Ventura. Burnt area: 56 acres. Burnt area: 56 acres. Firefighting aircraft are being used to try to stop the fires spreading [Reuters]
The Palisades Fire has grown quickly, more than doubling in size within a few hours on Jan. 7. The fires have led to power outages all over the Los Angeles area. Show comments
The 2017 Thomas fire destroyed over a thousand buildings as it tore through 281,000 acres of Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, becoming the largest wildfire in state history at the time. Two ...
The Los Padres National Forest. Located in western central and southern California . With protected areas in the northwestern Transverse Ranges and southeastern California Coast Ranges .