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An updating map created by CBS News' data team charts the expanse of the wildfires across Southern California. The Palisades Fire — the largest wildfire in the region — has burned more than ...
Multiple major wildfires are leaving a trail of destruction and death in the Los Angeles area. A handful of wildfires that kicked up on Jan. 7, powered by high winds and dry conditions, have ...
The maps below show the sizes and statuses of the fires. They will be updated frequently. The largest of the blazes, the Palisades Fire, is more than 33 square miles.
False-color view of the burned area and smoke from the Park Fire in Northern California, viewed from the Landsat 9 satellite on July 27, 2024. By the end of spring (June 20), the total area burned by wildfires in California was nearly 90,000 acres (36,000 ha).
It is the third-largest fire complex in California history. [77] [78] August Complex: Glenn, Mendocino, Lake, Tehama, Trinity, Shasta: 1,032,648 August 16: November 12: Information for the August Complex as a whole. Originally 38 separate fires, which later merged to become California's largest recorded wildfire.
Wildfire smoke from the Southern California wildfires seen over Santa Monica State Beach, January 8, 2025 Winds blew wildfire smoke across Los Angeles, leading to several "very unhealthy" air quality index readings of over 200, with the PM2.5 of the Harrison ES station reaching 184.1 µg/m 3 , or 36.8 times the annual World Health Organization ...
A map of evacuation orders and warnings for the Palisades Fire in California, as of Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. Areas in red are under evacuation orders and areas in yellow are under evacuation warnings.
However, while the number of fires to date in 2022 was only slightly below the 5-year average (7,641 fires versus 8,049 fires), the total acreage burned was well below the 5-year average; 363,939 acres burned in 2022 thus far versus the 5-year average of 2,324,096 acres (though that average includes several of California's most significant fire ...