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The firefighting effort was primarily administered by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire). [1] The first fires started around 3:30 A.M. on August 16, 2020, the result of a thunderstorm that produced close to 11,000 bolts of lightning and started hundreds of fires throughout California.
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. Wildfires killed nine people in California in 2022, destroyed 772 structures, and damaged another 104.
The 2024 California wildfire season is an ongoing series of wildfires that have been burning throughout the U.S. state of California. As of December 6, 2024 [update] , a total of 7,830 wildfires have burned a cumulative 1,045,204 acres (422,979 ha).
Read more:Southern California wildfires: Maps, evacuations, shelters. The Bridge fire, the largest of the four, was nearing 50,000 acres in size Wednesday afternoon, and was 0% contained. It began ...
California wildfires off to explosive start, burning 30 times as many acres as all of last year. Hannah Fry, Jon Healey. July 31, 2024 at 6:00 AM.
The Line Fire has grown more than 14 times in size in just over 30 hours, from about 1,180 acres at 5 p.m. PT Friday to over 17,200 acres Saturday night.
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
Wildfires are exploding across the West, especially in California, where the Park Fire has now grown to be the biggest in the state this year. The largest of several wildfires in the state is the ...