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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 ...
Thomas Fire: California: Largest wildfire in modern California history at the time (1889 Santiago Canyon fire may have been larger). Spread fast due to strong winds and unusual dry weather in December. [79] 2017: 28,516 acres (11,540 ha) Goodwin Fire: Arizona: Shut down parts of Highway 69 between Mayer and Dewey-Humboldt. The fire destroyed 5 ...
Looking at nearly 2,000 wildfires in California, including those that burned across state boundaries, the 25 largest have all happened this century. This ranking was based on a fire’s total acreage.
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 2018 Camp Fire in the town of Paradise scorched more than 150,000 acres and was the deadliest wildfire in California's history. Ninety-five percent of the town burned in the fire. Ninety-five ...
The below chart shows the average number of acres burned per month throughout the last decade or so. The Palisades, Eaton and Hughes fires are already among the 10 largest fires to hit Los Angeles ...
That same day, CAL FIRE released a chart with the top 20 largest wildfires in California history, adding the Thomas Fire as the new largest fire. [86] On December 27, the Thomas Fire experienced another small expansion in size on its northeastern flank, to 281,893 acres (114,078 ha), while containment of the wildfire increased to 91%. [87]
Gavin Newsom, who has blamed climate change for the current crop of fires, said Thursday that 2.6 million acres have burned in California this year. Wildfire north of Sacramento is now largest in ...