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According to statistics published by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire), a total of 7,127 wildfires burned a total of 324,917 acres (131,489 hectares) in the U.S. state of California in 2023. This was below the state's five-year average of 1,722,059 acres (696,893 ha) burned during the same period.
Fires continue to rage for a second week across Southern California, killing at least 25 people, destroying more than 12,000 structures and prompting evacuation orders for as many as 200,000 ...
Eaton Fire: Second largest fire burning north of Pasadena. Burnt area: 14,117 acres. Hurst Fire: To the north east of the city. Burnt area: 799 acres. It's 97% contained, according to LA officials ...
The maps below show the sizes and statuses of the fires. They will be updated frequently. The largest of the blazes, the Palisades Fire, is more than 33 square miles.
Santa Ana winds in California expand fires and spread smoke over hundreds of miles, as in this October 2007 satellite image. The Rim Fire consumed more than 250,000 acres (100,000 ha) of forest near Yosemite National Park, in 2013. This is a partial and incomplete list of wildfires in the US state of California. California has dry, windy, and ...
A national assessment of wildfire risk in the United States based on GACG identified regions (with the slight modification of combining Southern and Northern California, and the West and East Basin); indicate that California (50.22% risk) and the Southern Area (15.53% risk) are the geographic areas with the highest wildfire risk. [13]
How many people are affected? The fires have forced 180,000 people from their homes since Tuesday. More than 150,000 are under evacuation notices, a number that has grown close to 200,000 people ...
The 2023 wildfire season involves wildfires on multiple continents. Below is an ongoing list of articles on wildfires from around the world in the year 2023. Africa