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Old Fire: Infrared aerial close-up image. Fanned by the Santa Ana winds, the Old Fire burned 91,281 acres (369.40 km 2), destroyed 993 homes, and caused six deaths.The fire threatened San Bernardino and Highland, as well as the mountain resort communities of Cedar Glen, Crestline, Running Springs and Lake Arrowhead and forcing upwards of 80,000 residents to evacuate their homes.
Big Bear Lake was inhabited by the indigenous Serrano people for over 2,000 years before it was explored by Benjamin Wilson and his party. Once populated by only the natives and the grizzly bears, from which the area received its name, the population of the Big Bear Valley grew rapidly during the Southern California gold rush from 1861 to 1912.
The Holcomb Fire was a wildfire that burned due north of Big Bear Lake near Highway 18 in the San Bernardino National Forest in San Bernardino County, California. Within several days, the fire would consume some 1,500 plus acres as it threatened the areas of Baldwin Lake (San Bernardino County, California) and Highway 18.
A cloud of smoke from the Hughes Fire rises as firefighters battle it near Castaic Lake, north of Santa Clarita, as seen from a highway nearby, California on Jan. 22, 2025.
An aerial view of utility vehicles parked near beachfront homes destroyed in the Palisades Fire as wildfires cause damage and loss through the L.A. region on Jan. 13, 2025 in Malibu, California.
A view of the coast as flames from the Palisades Fire rage in Los Angeles, California, on Jan. 9, 2025. / Credit: Official Flickr Account of CAL FIRE / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images
Hours later, the burning remains of Dorner's vehicle, a dark gray 2005 Nissan Titan, were found on a remote fire trail by a local, Daniel McGowan, near Big Bear Lake, about 80 miles (130 km) from Los Angeles. [55] [56] [57] Investigators spread out to search for Dorner in the surrounding area, and about 125 officers went from door to door. [20]
The fire largely burned in the San Bernardino National Forest south of Big Bear Lake and north of Oak Glen Location in Southern California The El Dorado Fire was a wildfire that burned 22,744 acres (9,204 ha; 35.538 sq mi; 92.04 km 2 ) in San Bernardino and Riverside counties of California from September to November 2020.