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Eastern Fresno County saw the highest concentration of the lightning, with more than 1,000 strikes in just three hours Monday, when at least five brush fires ignited, according to the California ...
Red Flag Warnings with the rare "particularly dangerous situation" designation issued for those counties will now be in effect from 3 a.m. to 3 p.m. local time on Wednesday.
Flames from the fire the man is accused of starting exploded into what is now the Park Fire, which has burned more than 195 square miles (505 square km) near the city of Chico.
Lightning injuries are divided into direct strikes, side splash, contact injury, and ground current. [1] Ground current occurs when the lightning strikes nearby and travels to the person through the ground. [1] Side splash makes up about a third of cases and occurs when lightning strikes nearby and jumps through the air to the person. [1]
Evacuation orders were issued Monday in Northern California as a group of four blazes ignited in Plumas County, with lightning suspected as the cause, authorities said.. Officials were battling a ...
The LNU Lightning Complex fires were a large complex of wildfires that burned during the 2020 California wildfire season across much of the Wine Country area of Northern California – Lake, Napa, Sonoma, Solano, and Yolo Counties, from August 17 to October 2, 2020. The complex was composed of numerous lightning-sparked fires, most of which ...
Lightning-sparked wildfires swept across Northern California on Wednesday, scorching huge swaths of sun-parched land and leading to orders for thousands to evacuate, officials said. ...
The August Complex was a massive wildfire that burned in the Coast Range of Northern California, in Glenn, Lake, Mendocino, Tehama, Trinity, and Shasta Counties.The complex originated as 38 separate fires started by lightning strikes on August 16–17, 2020.