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The Jennings Creek Wildfire had expanded to 3,500 acres and was 20% contained, according to an update around 7 p.m. Monday from the New Jersey Forest Fire Service, which is sharing command duties ...
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 ...
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 ...
In October, the state's Department of Fire Service recorded 200 wildland fires, a 1,200% increase from the month's average total of 15 fires. Modest rain in Northeast forecast
December 25, 2016 – A fire broke out at a gas compressor station, in Armstrong County. [147] January 1, 2017 – Fire erupts at Marcellus Shale pad in Somerset Township, Washington County. [148] March 9, 2017 – A fire at a Susquehanna County gas compressor station. [149] November 30, 2017 - A gas well pad fire in Somerset County. [150]
The fast-moving Mountain Fire, which started in Ventura County northwest of Los Angeles on Wednesday morning, has burned 20,596 acres and was 5% contained as of 6:32 p.m. PT, according to the ...
The 2007 California wildfire season saw at least 9,093 separate wildfires that charred 1,520,362 acres (6,152.69 km 2) of land. [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]
The Broad Fire on the coast in California near Malibu has spread to a size of about 50 acres near seaside homes. The fire located inside Los Angeles County was reported at about 9 a.m. PT ...