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Fire crews are continuing to protect homes and businesses threatened by the fast-moving Caldor Fire as flames raced across treetops and drought-stricken vegetation amid expanded evacuation orders ...
The Caldor Fire's footprint spanned the Sierra Nevada, largely between Highways 50 and 88 The general location of the fire in Northern California The Caldor Fire was a large wildfire that burned 221,835 acres (89,773 hectares) in the Eldorado National Forest and other areas of the Sierra Nevada in El Dorado , Amador , and Alpine County ...
The Caldor Fire in southern California has now stretched to more than 168,000 acres and evacuation orders are growing, driving out the residents of a local hospital.
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As of August 18, 2021, the state of California was facing "unprecedented fire conditions" as multiple fires including the Dixie Fire, McFarland Fire, Caldor Fire, and others, raged on. [12] The USDA Forest Service temporarily closed all of California's national forests at the end of August to mitigate the impact of potential fires. [13]
During late July, the total area burned during the 2024 wildfire season saw significant growth due in part to long periods of hot, dry weather. These conditions allowed several fires to grow rapidly in size, such as the Park Fire, in Butte and Tehama counties, and the Borel Fire, in Sequoia National Forest. By July 29, more than 726,000 acres ...
The blaze started around 1:50 p.m. Saturday and crews are still investigating what started the fire. As of 4 p.m., Cal Fire reported the fire has grown slightly to 15,690 acres, and crews have not ...
On lands under CAL FIRE's jurisdictional protection (i.e. not federal or local responsibility areas), the majority of wildfire ignitions since 1980 have been caused by humans. The four most common ignition sources for wildfires on CAL FIRE-protected lands are, in order: equipment use, powerlines, arson, and lightning. [10]