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As four fires grew in Southern California, new satellite images show their scale and the amount of smoke pouring east. The Line, Bridge, Airport and Roblar fires , all of which began in the past ...
A Los Angeles County Fire Department firefighter works to put out hotspots at a home destroyed in the Franklin Fire on Wednesday, December 11, 2024 in Malibu, California.
In Orange County, the Santa Ana Mountains are facing windy conditions, but forecasters said the recent Airport fire eliminated much of the available brush, making the area less ripe for wildfire.
The 2006 California wildfires were a series of wildfires that were active in the state of California during the year 2006. In total, there were 8,202 fires [ 2 ] that burned 736,022 acres (2,978.58 km 2 ) of land.
California land area totals 99,813,760 or roughly 100 million acres, so since 2000, the area that burned annually has ranged between 90,000 acres, or 0.09%, and 1,590,000 acres, or 1.59% of the total land of California. [2] During the 2020 wildfire season alone, over 8,100 fires contributed to the burning of nearly 4.5 million acres of land.
On December 24, the Thomas Fire grew to 281,620 acres (1,139.7 km 2), after the fires from a back-burning operation completely merged into the Thomas Fire's northwestern flank, [70] [71] though containment of the wildfire also increased to 86%.
Flames could be seen where a military helicopter made an emergency landing at Camp Pendleton on Friday, causing police to warn drivers of potential traffic delays along Interstate 5. All four crew ...
A wildfire in Malibu, California, has exploded to more than 2,000 acres, prompting evacuations. ... The fire occurred as Southern California was under red flag warnings because of strong Santa Ana ...