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According to statistics published by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire), a total of 7,127 wildfires burned a total of 324,917 acres (131,489 hectares) in the U.S. state of California in 2023. This was below the state's five-year average of 1,722,059 acres (696,893 ha) burned during the same period.
Climate change in California has lengthened the fire season and made it more extreme from the middle of the 20th century. [4] [5]Since the early 2010s, wildfires in California have grown more dangerous because of the accumulation of wood fuel in forests, higher population, and aging and often poorly maintained electricity transmission and distribution lines, particularly in areas serviced by ...
Active wildfires across California have consumed more than 626,000 acres as of Saturday, ... according Cal Fire statistics. It is the largest of the state's active fires on Saturday morning.
By the end of 2024, a total of 8,024 wildfires burned a cumulative 1,050,012 acres (424,925 ha) throughout the U.S. state of California.The total number of wildfires was slightly higher than the five-year average, while the total number of acres burned was lower. [3]
Cal Fire reported that one-third of the acres burned were in the City of Riverside, California. A second fire, the Grimes Fire, popped up in Moorpark, in Ventura County, early Wednesday. Ventura ...
Beyond California, 2023 has been broken records for the scale of wildfires across the Northern Hemisphere. Firefighters douse flames while battling the Highland Fire in Aguanga on Monday (AP)
The 2023 Deep Fire was a wildfire that burned through Trinity County, California from August 15 to October 2. It was sparked by a lightning strike, and was the 10th-biggest fire to ignite during the 2023 California wildfire season .
To put this wildfire event into context, the AccuWeather estimate for the total damage and economic loss from the wildfires in Maui in 2023 was $13-$16 billion.