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Active California wildfires. There are four active fires in LA and Ventura County, according to Cal Fire. They are: Palisades Fire (19% contained) Eaton Fire (45% contained) Hurst Fire (97% contained)
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said the blaze was 42% contained Monday and remained a threat to critical infrastructure, highways, and communities. The size of the fire ...
Lack of common sense forest managment 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 are growing 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 ...
Fire activity decreased during August, but a long period of extreme heat across the Western United States during early September allowed numerous wildfires across the state to grow rapidly, such as the Line Fire, the Bridge Fire, and the Airport Fire in Southern California. Later in September, fire activity again decreased due to improved fire ...
Parts of Southern California were being especially hit hard Tuesday evening, with three major fires – the Bridge Fire in San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties; the Line Fire east of San ...
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.
The wildfires, which have destroyed countless homes, businesses and schools, continue to inflict devastation. As search and rescue teams sift through the rubble, the death toll is sadly expected ...
There is an ongoing series of wildfires in the U.S. state of California. A series of fires in Southern California, specifically in the Greater Los Angeles area, have caused at least 28 deaths, thousands of destroyed structures, evacuations and widespread power outages in January 2025.