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The Summer 2008 wildfires burned a total of 1,162,197 acres (4,703.24 km 2) between May 2008 and September 2008, comprising the vast majority of burned land by wildfires in California in 2008. [27] [16] [28] In total, the Summer 2008 wildfires burned a total of 1,161,197 acres (469,920 ha), which accounts for 84% of the total area burned during ...
The Freeway Complex Fire was a 2008 wildfire in the Santa Ana Canyon area of Orange County, California. [1] The fire started as two separate fires on November 15, 2008. The Freeway Fire started first shortly after 9 am with the Landfill Fire igniting approximately 2 hours later. These two separate fires merged a day later and ultimately ...
{{PD-NASA}} A visible satellite image of smoke from several labeled fires that ignited in the June lightning siege of 2008. Image taken on July 18. You cannot overwrite this file.
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 ...
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The Sesnon Fire (also known as the Porter Ranch Fire) was a wildfire that broke out near the oil fields of Oat Mountain, north of Porter Ranch, California, on Monday October 13, 2008. [2] The cause of this fire was a power line falling onto dry brush near a drainage area. [3] A state of emergency was declared by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger ...
The Telegraph Fire was a destructive wildfire in Mariposa County, Central California, in the summer of 2008. After it was unintentionally ignited by a target shooter on July 25, the fire burned 34,091 acres (13,796 hectares) in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada west of Yosemite National Park before it was declared fully contained on August 6.
Map of Eaton fire damage Buildings with more than 50% destruction are categorized as destroyed. Those with 26–50% damage are classified as having major damage, 10–25% as minor damage, and ...