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The fire was reported at approximately 3:37 p.m. PDT on September 5, and was soon dubbed the Fairview incident due to its proximity to Fairview Avenue near Bautista Road. The fireline immediately exhibited extreme-to-critical growth as the first reports indicated the fire covered 20 acres and was rapidly expanding to the south and west toward ...
An interactive map of evacuation orders and warnings related to the Eaton Fire can be found on Cal Fire's website. The below map of evacuation zones is current as of Sunday at 7:30 p.m. ET.
The deadly Fairview fire burning in Riverside County, California, reached 9,846 acres and was five percent contained on Wednesday, September 7, according to Cal Fire.In its latest update, Cal Fire ...
Since its discovery on Jan 7th, the fire has caused 16 civilian fatalities, destroyed 4,627 structures, damaged 486 and threatens almost 29,000, according to Cal Fire.
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.
Later in September, fire activity again decreased due to improved fire weather. [8] While numerous storms in Northern California significantly slowed fire activity in November and December, dry conditions and multiple rounds of Santa Ana Winds led to multiple wildfires in Southern California, such as the Mountain and Franklin fires.
Last week, a rapidly moving fire in Northern California burned about 4,000 acres (1,620 hectares) of land, destroying hundreds of homes and buildings. More than two decades of drought and rising ...
The Northern California Geographic Coordination Center (commonly called 'North Ops') forecast stated that "Confidence is moderate to high for an early start to the significant large fire season." [12] In Northern California, peak fire season begins in the early summer (June–July) and runs until late fall, varying year to year.