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  2. January 2025 Southern California wildfires - Wikipedia

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    From January 7 to 31, 2025, a series of 8 destructive wildfires affected the Los Angeles metropolitan area and San Diego County in California, United States. [5] The fires were exacerbated by drought conditions, low humidity, a buildup of vegetation from the previous winter, and hurricane-force Santa Ana winds, which in some places reached 100 miles per hour (160 km/h; 45 m/s).

  3. Wildfire - Wikipedia

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    Wildfire risk is the chance that a wildfire will start in or reach a particular area and the potential loss of human values if it does. Risk is dependent on variable factors such as human activities, weather patterns, availability of wildfire fuels, and the availability or lack of resources to suppress a fire.

  4. List of wildfire behaviors - Wikipedia

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    Picture of trees being torched by a wildfire. Taken in the Tetlin National Wildlife Reserve in Alaska. Trees being torched by a wildfire in Tetlin National Wildlife Reserve, located in Alaska. Many Creeping: This occurs when the fire burns with a low flame and spreads slowly. [9] Typical appearance of a creeping fire.

  5. List of wildfires - Wikipedia

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    Largest wildfire by acreage of 1997–2007 time period. 2006: 40,200 acres (16,300 ha) Esperanza Fire: California: Arson-caused wildfire that killed 5 firefighters and destroyed 34 homes and 20 outbuildings. 2006: 160,000 acres (65,000 ha) Day Fire: California: 1 residence burned, no casualties. 2007: 564,450 acres (228,420 ha)

  6. Bucktail Fire - Wikipedia

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    The Bucktail Fire was a wildfire in August 2024 that has burned through 7,202 acres (2,915 ha) of land in Montrose County in the U.S. state of Colorado. It began on August 1. It is currently the second-largest wildfire to ignite during the 2024 Colorado wildfire season. Local law enforcement criminally charged a man with accidentally starting ...

  7. Smokehouse Creek Fire - Wikipedia

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    The Smokehouse Creek Fire was a record-breaking wildfire affecting the northeastern Texas panhandle and western Oklahoma that started on February 26, 2024. The fire affected numerous communities in Hemphill and Roberts counties, including the town of Canadian.

  8. October 2017 Northern California wildfires - Wikipedia

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    The 2017 Northern California wildfires from October 7 to October 14. The October 2017 Northern California wildfires, also known as the Northern California firestorm, North Bay Fires, and the Wine Country Fires [7] were a series of 250 wildfires that started burning across the state of California, United States, beginning in early October.

  9. Wildfires in 2020 - Wikipedia

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    Download QR code; Print/export ... Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; ... The 2020 wildfire season involves wildfires on ...