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According to Wildfire Alliance statistics, the Palisades fire destroyed at least 1,900 structures by January 8, making it the most destructive in Los Angeles's history. [ 46 ] [ 47 ] It surpassed the Sayre Fire , the second-most destructive, which destroyed 604 structures in 2008, and the Bel Air Fire which destroyed nearly 500 houses in 1961.
Fourth largest wildfire in California history. Destroyed 709 structures and damaged 54, including parts of the community of Cohasset, California. Started by arson. [75] San Clemente Island: Los Angeles: 13,000: July 24: July 30: Burned more than one-third of San Clemente Island, damaging electrical infrastructure for the naval base there. [76 ...
The 2019 California fire season was less active than that of the two previous years (2017 and 2018), which set records for acreage, destructiveness, and deaths. In late October, the Kincade Fire became the largest fire of the year, burning 77,758 acres (31,468 ha) in Sonoma County by November 6.
(Reuters) -After forcing thousands of Californians to evacuate and burning more than 100 structures, a stubborn wildfire northwest of Los Angeles on Friday challenged firefighting crews working to ...
The Northern California Geographic Coordination Center (commonly called 'North Ops') forecast stated that "Confidence is moderate to high for an early start to the significant large fire season." [12] In Northern California, peak fire season begins in the early summer (June–July) and runs until late fall, varying year to year.
The largest wildfire in the U.S. swelled to over 600 square miles on Tuesday, bigger than the city of Los Angeles, fire officials in California said, as thousands of firefighters battled the blaze ...
Module:Location map/data/USA Los Angeles Metropolitan Area is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
According to statistics published by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire), a total of 7,127 wildfires burned a total of 324,917 acres (131,489 hectares) in the U.S. state of California in 2023. This was below the state's five-year average of 1,722,059 acres (696,893 ha) burned during the same period.