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Below is a list of the deadliest firefighter disasters in the United States, in which more than five firefighters died. "Firefighter" is defined as a professional trained to fight fires. Hence the 1933 Griffith Park fire is excluded, as it killed 29 untrained civilians.
The fire killed at least 17 people and destroyed more than 9,000 buildings, becoming the fifth deadliest and the second most destructive wildfire in the history of the state of California. The cause of the fire is under investigation; news reports and lawsuits have focused on the possible involvement of power lines operated by electrical ...
The fire killed 85 people and destroyed almost 19,000 buildings in November 2018. The fire was active for 17 days. The fire started due to a faulty Pacific Gas and Electric power line that failed ...
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His teenage son suffered burn injuries, along with four firefighters of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, who had attempted to rescue them. [62] The fire may also have caused the deaths of four migrant workers near the U.S.–Mexico border. [63] An estimated 1,210 firefighters battled this fire. [64]
In 2023, a total of 7,127 wildfires burned across California, according to data from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. As a result of those fires, 324, 917 acres burned ...
Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news on Los Angeles area wildfires for Saturday, Jan. 11. For the latest, view our story for Sunday, Jan. 12. LOS ANGELES − The death toll from a ...
On August 16, the Ranch Fire grew to 317,117 acres (1,283.33 km 2), increasing the total burn area of the Mendocino Complex Fire to 366,037 acres (1,481.30 km 2); [11] this allowed the Ranch Fire to surpass the size of the massive Rush Fire in 2012, which burned across California into Nevada, [10] as well as the Santiago Canyon Fire of 1889 ...