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The 2024 California wildfire season is an ongoing series of wildfires that have been burning throughout the U.S. state of California. As of December 13, 2024 [update] , a total of 7,934 wildfires have burned a cumulative 1,049,452 acres (424,698 ha).
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) [2] [3] is the fire department of the California Natural Resources Agency in the U.S. state of California.It is responsible for fire protection in various areas under state responsibility totaling 31 million acres, as well as the administration of the state's private and public forests.
The fire began on September 8. As of November 26, 2024, the fire burned 56,030 acres (22,670 hectares) and is 100 percent contained. [1] The cause of the fire is under investigation. [2] It is the third-largest wildfire of California's 2024 fire season [3] The fire threatened the area of Jackson Lake, with mandatory evacuation orders in place ...
The Franklin Fire started on Dec. 9, during the previous round of critical fire weather for Malibu. The fire started after dark, fueled by strong Santa Ana winds.
And as the 2024 fire season kicks into high gear, Cal Fire is short 110 of its 236 budgeted hand crews. ... largely due to food costs. Hill said he was expected to feed each firefighter on $4 a ...
As of 7:46 p.m., the fire had burned 14,148 acres and was not contained, according to the latest incident update released by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire.
On June 8, 2020, ECCFPD Fire Chief Brian Helmick announced that as of July 1, 2020, the district will only allow its fire fighters to enter burning structures if occupants' lives are at stake. "Otherwise,... you need to do the best you can to fight the fire from the exterior to the interior, but you cannot be aggressive and overextend yourself.”
Since the massive fire years of 2017 and 2018, home insurers have been gradually withdrawing from the most fire-prone parts of California. (Patrick T. Fallon / For The Times)