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2024 Arizona wildfires – Estimated damage costs over $1,500,000. [3] Clair Arizona: Maricopa: 2,170 August 4 August 29 2024 Arizona wildfires – Estimated damage costs over $1,500,000. [3] Sheep Arizona: Gila: 2,483 August 4 September 3 2024 Arizona wildfires – Estimated damage costs over $30,000. [3] Central Canal North Louisiana: Cameron ...
The 2024 California wildfire season was a series of wildfires that burned throughout the U.S. state of California. By the end of the year, a total of 8,024 wildfires burned a cumulative 1,050,012 acres (424,925 ha). The total number of wildfires was slightly higher than the five-year average, while the total number of acres burned was lower. [3]
Firefighters watch as the Bridge Fire burns near homes in Wrightwood, Calif., on Sept. 10, 2024.
New Jersey Forest Fire Service members spray down the scorched earth on East Shore Road while monitoring the West Milford Jennings Creek wildfire in West Milford on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024.
The Mountain Fire began shortly before 9:00 a.m. PST on November 6 during an episode of strong Santa Ana winds in Southern California. [2] The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center delineated an "extremely critical" risk area on their Day 1 fire weather outlook, warning of low relative humidity values combined with a strong wind event with gusts of over 65 miles per hour (105 km/h ...
A Ventura County fire helicopter picks up water from a pond at Pepperdine University while fighting the Franklin fire in Malibu, CA on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times ...
Smoke rises from a wildfire in Ruidoso, New Mexico, on June 17, 2024. One death and more than 1,400 structures have been lost in the South Fork and the Salt fires near the mountain resort village.
The largest of 7,473 California wildland fires in 2024, [15] and a cumulative 173,854 ha burned across multiple counties. [14] With arson credited as the initial precipitant, the blaze went on to destroy over 700 structures, [14] and rank as the fourth largest wildfire in US history. [15] Fire suppression costs alone are estimated at 310 ...