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An updating map created by CBS News' data team charts the expanse of the wildfires across Southern California. The Palisades Fire, a roaring blaze that has burned more than 22,000 acres since it ...
The largest of the blazes, the Palisades Fire, is more than 33 square miles. That’s half the land size of Washington, D.C. A second fire, the Eaton Fire, is now more than 22 square miles.
The map below shows just how rapidly the Palisades fire spread, intensifying in a matter of hours. At just after 14:00 on Tuesday it covered 772 acres and within four hours it had approximately ...
An update from the LA County Sheriff's Department shortly before 8:30 p.m. local time said the most intense fire activity was occurring on the southwestern side of the fire.
The Mountain Fire began shortly before 9:00 a.m. PST on November 6 during an episode of strong Santa Ana winds in Southern California. [2] The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center delineated an "extremely critical" risk area on their Day 1 fire weather outlook, warning of low relative humidity values combined with a strong wind event with gusts of over 65 miles per hour (105 km/h ...
Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news on the LA fires for Thursday, Jan. 9. For the latest updates on the Los Angeles wildfires in California, please read USA TODAY'S live updates for ...
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 ...
The Klamath Theater Complex Fire, also known as the Bear Wallow Complex Fire, was the largest wildfire of the 2008 California wildfire season. [4] [1] The complex fire originated as 11 separate wildfires, before merging into a single massive complex fire that burned 192,038 acres (777.15 km 2) in Northern California, and lasted for over 3 months.