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Santa Ana winds in California expand fires and spread smoke over hundreds of miles, as in this October 2007 satellite image The Rim Fire consumed more than 250,000 acres (100,000 ha) of forest near Yosemite National Park, in 2013. This is a partial and incomplete list of wildfires in the US state of California. California has dry, windy, and ...
The 2024 California wildfire season was a series of wildfires that burned throughout the U.S. state of California. By the end of the year, a total of 8,024 wildfires burned a cumulative 1,050,012 acres (424,925 ha). The total number of wildfires was slightly higher than the five-year average, while the total number of acres burned was lower. [3]
A map of wildfires in California in 2020, using Cal Fire data: Season; ... The following is a list of fires that burned more than 1,000 acres (400 ha), or produced ...
Parts of Southern California are under a rare red flag warning, deemed a “particularly dangerous situation,” and a level 3 of 3 extremely critical fire weather risk Tuesday because of the ...
The 2023 California wildfire season was a series of significant wildfires that burned in the U.S. state of California during the calendar year. According to statistics published by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire), a total of 7,127 fires burned a total of 324,917 acres (131,489 hectares).
Fall wildfires in California are often driven by the famous Santa Ana winds, which travel down mountain slopes and bring relatively hot, dry air to coastal areas. The winds occur when areas of ...
Red Flag fire warnings are expected to remain for the Malibu area along the Southern California coast into Wednesday afternoon after the Franklin Fire forced evacuation orders or warnings for ...
The 2022 California wildfire season was a series of wildfires throughout the U.S. state of California.By the end of the year, a total of 7,667 fires had been recorded, totaling approximately 363,939 acres (147,281 hectares) across the state.