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The Hughes fire in Southern California covered more than 10,000 acres by Thursday morning, and was only 14% contained. LA is on edge as new fires ignite — with one already rampaging across more ...
Palisades Fire. Size: 23,713 acres Containment: 21% County: Los Angeles Since its discovery on Jan 7th, the fire caused eight civilian fatalities, destroyed 2,747 structures, damaged 484, and ...
As of Saturday evening, the Palisades fire was 11% contained and the Eaton fire, which devastated much of Altadena and is now burning mostly in the San Gabriel Mountains, was 15% contained. On ...
Climate change in California has lengthened the fire season and made it more extreme from the middle of the 20th century. [4] [5]Since the early 2010s, wildfires in California have grown more dangerous because of the accumulation of wood fuel in forests, higher population, and aging and often poorly maintained electricity transmission and distribution lines, particularly in areas serviced by ...
Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news on the LA fires for Thursday, Jan. 9. For the latest updates on the Los Angeles wildfires in California, please read USA TODAY'S live updates for ...
Evidence suggests that the bulb has hung in at least four locations. It was originally hung in 1901 in a hose cart house on L Street, [12] then moved to a garage in downtown Livermore used by the fire and police departments. [13] The bulb was saved during the fire station's 1937 renovation, during which it was off for approximately one week. [7]
The largest of the blazes, the Palisades Fire, is more than 37 square miles. That’s more than half the land size of Washington, D.C. A second fire, the Eaton Fire, is now more than 22 square miles.
Multi-fire incident that includes the Hennessey Fire (305,651 acres), the Walbridge Fire (55,209 acres), and the Meyers Fire (2,360 acres) sparked by lightning; 1,491 structures destroyed; 232 structures damaged; 5 injuries; 6 fatalities. [83] It is the fifth-largest fire complex in California history. [84] [85] Holser Ventura: 3,000: August 17 ...