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Firefighters are nearing victory in the battles against three major wildfires near Los Angeles that have burned more than 117,000 acres, destroyed nearly 200 structures and injured 23 people ...
Airport Fire. As of Sunday night, over 2,200 fire personnel battling the Airport Fire in Orange and Riverside counties expanded containment from 9% to 19%, according to Cal Fire. The blaze, which ...
The 2011 Southwest blackout, also known as the Great Blackout of 2011, [ 1 ][ 2 ] was a widespread power outage that affected the San Diego–Tijuana area, southern Orange County, Imperial Valley, Mexicali Valley, Coachella Valley, and parts of Arizona. [ 3 ] It occurred on Thursday, September 8, 2011, beginning at about 3:38pm PDT, and was the ...
The Bridge Fire is an active destructive wildfire in the Angeles National Forest, currently burning in Southern California's Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties. The fire began on September 8. As of October 4, 2024, the fire has burned 55,118 acres (22,305 hectares) and is 99 percent contained. [1]
The 2019 California power shutoffs, known as public safety power shutoff (PSPS) events, were massive preemptive power shutoffs that occurred in approximately 30 counties in Northern California and several areas in Southern California from October 9 to November 1, 2019, and on November 20, 2019, by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), Southern California Edison (SCE), and San Diego Gas ...
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Website. calfire.ca.gov. 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 ...
2019 California wildfires. The 2019 California wildfire season was a series of wildfires that burned across the U.S. state of California as part of the 2019 wildfire season. By the end of the year, according to Cal Fire and the US Forest Service, 7,860 fires were recorded, totaling an estimated of 259,823 acres (105,147 hectares) of burned land ...