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On December 7, the Thomas Fire grew further to 115,000 acres (46,539 ha), with containment of the fire at 5%. [1] [36] On December 8, the Thomas Fire grew to 143,000 acres (58,000 ha) with containment of the wildfire increasing to 10%, after the Santa Ana winds died down. [56] [57] Thomas Fire, December 9, 2017, Landsat 8, bands 758.
The Thomas Fire had also destroyed at least 794 structures while damaging 187 others, and cost at least $38.4 million to fight, [28] [63] becoming at least the 10th most destructive wildfire in California history. [64] Early on December 11, the Thomas Fire had grown to 230,500 acres (933 km 2), while containment of the fire had increased to 15% ...
Fifteen active wildfires burned across New York state Monday totaling roughly 2,500 acres, with the largest in Ulster and Orange counties. Captain Scott Jackson, a Fire Management Officer for the ...
[14] [15] At the time, the Thomas Fire was California's largest modern wildfire, which has since been surpassed by the Mendocino Complex's Ranch Fire in 2018. The December 2017 fires forced over 230,000 people to evacuate, with the 6 largest fires burning over 307,900 acres (1,246 km 2) and more than 1,300 structures. [16] [17]
The Palisades Fire — the largest wildfire in the region — has burned more than 23,700 acres since it broke out the morning of Tuesday, Jan. 7, in the affluent Pacific Palisades neighborhood of ...
The Thomas fire, which burned across 439 square miles (1,137 square kilometers) in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, is the seventh largest blaze in California history, according to state fire ...
1 death and 430 buildings burned in this arson fire near Santa Barbara. 1991: 1,520 acres (620 ha) Oakland Hills firestorm: California: Killed 25 and destroyed 3,469 homes and apartments within the cities of Oakland and Berkeley. 1993: 14,337 acres (5,802 ha) Laguna Beach Fire: California: Destroyed 441 homes, burned 14,337 acres causing ...
Forest Ranger Jeremy Oldroyd, of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, said New York fire crews have battled 60 wildfires since Oct. 1, and they have burned 2,100 acres. A ...