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The Carlsbad Unified School District closed all schools May 15 and 16. [8] At 5 PM PDT on May 14, the fire covered more than 400 acres (160 ha). Firefighters said they had stopped its spread, but it was only 10% contained and additional structures were threatened. [7] By May 16, the fire had burned 400 acres (160 ha) and was 85% contained.
Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong criticized Bass for cutting $17.6 million from the annual budget to the fire department, noting that severe fire hazard conditions had been known well in advance and that fire hydrants in Pacific Palisades lacked pressure. [347]
Firefighter shortages in California have been an ongoing problem for several years in California. In advance of the news about FEMA's grant, the Los Angeles Fire Department was compelled to ...
CASTAIC, California (Reuters) -A new wildfire that broke out north of Los Angeles on Wednesday rapidly spread to more than 8,000 acres (32 square km), fueled by strong winds and dry brush, forcing ...
Get the Carlsbad, CA local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days. ... Fire crews in Southern California quickly extinguish brush fires amid extreme fire weather.
The Cocos Fire, previously known as the Twin Oaks Fire, [44] was a wildfire that ignited on May 14 in San Marcos, in the hills south of California State University, San Marcos. [8] The Cocos Fire quickly spread into western Escondido. The fire destroyed more than 40 buildings, including a dozen single-family homes. [45]
A firefighter works near the remains of a home that was destroyed in the Mountain Fire on Nov. 8, 2024, in Camarillo, California. Fueled by strong winds, the fire burned across more than 20,000 ...
At least 9,093 separate wildfires charred 1,520,362 acres (6,152.69 km 2) of land in the US state of California in 2007. [1] Thirty of those wildfires were part of the Fall 2007 California firestorm, [5] which burned approximately 972,147 acres (about 3,934 km 2, or 1,520 mi 2) of land from Santa Barbara County to the U.S.–Mexico border. [6]