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Real time maps from California Fire Department show how the blaze has spread to over 3,000 acres of land – an area twice the size of Central Park Malibu fire map: 3,000 acres of California ...
See a fire map related to the Tick Fire burning in the Santa Clarita area as well as other fires in the Los Angeles County.
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The 2019 California wildfire season was a series of wildfires that burned across the U.S. state of California as part of the 2019 wildfire season.By the end of the year, according to Cal Fire and the US Forest Service, 7,860 fires were recorded, totaling an estimated of 259,823 acres (105,147 hectares) of burned land. [1]
9,907 wildfires burned at least 601,625 acres (2,434.69 km 2) of land in the state of California during 2013. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The wildfires injured at least 125 people and killed at least 1. They also caused over $218.15 million (2013 USD) in damage. [ 2 ]
The firefighting effort was primarily administered by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire). [1] The first fires started around 3:30 A.M. on August 16, 2020, the result of a thunderstorm that produced close to 11,000 bolts of lightning and started hundreds of fires throughout California.
See an interactive map related to the Maria Fire burning near Santa Paula, as well as other blazes in Southern California.
The year 2020 was the largest wildfire year recorded in California history, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] From a historical perspective, the average annual acres burned prior to 1850 were probably significantly larger than years since reliable fire records began.