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In total, more than 2.7 million people live in "very high fire hazard severity zones", which also include areas at lesser risk. [9] On lands under CAL FIRE's jurisdictional protection (i.e. not federal or local responsibility areas), the majority of wildfire ignitions since 1980 have been caused by humans.
The 2020 California wildfire season, part of the 2020 Western United States wildfire season, was a record-setting year for wildfires in California. Over the course of the year, 8,648 fires burned 4,304,379 acres (1,741,920 ha), [ 1 ] [ 2 ] more than four percent of the state's roughly 100 million acres of land, making 2020 the largest wildfire ...
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 ...
The Mountain Fire northwest of Los Angeles, which at one point threatened 3,500 homes and businesses, is now largely under control. California’s firefighting agency, Cal Fire, said in a ...
Around 20,000 people were under evacuation orders after the blaze, dubbed the Franklin Fire, broke out shortly before 11 p.m. Monday in the Malibu Canyon area, the Los Angeles County fire and ...
Thomas Fire: California: Largest wildfire in modern California history at the time (1889 Santiago Canyon fire may have been larger). Spread fast due to strong winds and unusual dry weather in December. [79] 2017: 28,516 acres (11,540 ha) Goodwin Fire: Arizona: Shut down parts of Highway 69 between Mayer and Dewey-Humboldt. The fire destroyed 5 ...
By the evening of December 10, the Thomas Fire had reached 230,000 acres (930 km 2) in size, becoming the fifth largest wildfire in modern California history, [61] and the largest wildfire recorded in California during the month of December. [62] There were multiple periods of time when the fire was advancing at a rate of over an acre a second.
[14] [15] At the time, the Thomas Fire was California's largest modern wildfire, which has since been surpassed by the Mendocino Complex's Ranch Fire in 2018. The December 2017 fires forced over 230,000 people to evacuate, with the 6 largest fires burning over 307,900 acres (1,246 km 2) and more than 1,300 structures. [16] [17]