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California firefighters made significant progress Sunday to tame a wind-driven wildfire that scorched thousands of acres 60 miles (97 kilometers) east of San Francisco, burned down a home and ...
Wildfire near San Francisco 50% contained after it burns 14,000 acres and forces evacuations ... CBS News reported. ... Cal Fire said that the fire was reported at 2.39pm on Saturday near Lawrence ...
A 2021 map showing how a tsunami could impact San Francisco was thrust back into the spotlight after a 2024 earthquake ... New technology in 2021 allowed the state’s geological survey to update ...
Orange Skies Day was a climatological event that occurred in the San Francisco Bay Area on September 9, 2020. [1] [2]The orange-colored hue in the sky was the result of smoke from the North Complex Fire (including the Bear Fire) and more than 20 other wildfires, which burned more than 2 million acres east of the San Francisco Bay Area. [3]
[1] [3] These lightning strikes initially started fires separately known as the Warnella Fire, near Davenport and the Waddell Fire, near Waddell Creek, as well as three fires on what would become the northern edge of the CZU Complex fire. Two days after the fires began, a change in wind conditions caused these three northern fires to rapidly ...
[3]: 80 The 60-mile-per-hour (97 km/h) winds pushed the fire through the 530-acre (210 ha) privately-owned Alder Creek Grove of giant sequoias, killing an estimated 80 or more trees. [2] The number of resources on the fire peaked in late September, with more than 160 fire engines assigned and more than 40 bulldozers. [3]: 81
The once fast-moving fire has scorched more than 4,000 acres and was 30% contained by Friday morning, according to Cal Fire. The fire threatened more than 4,300 structures, destroying 14 and ...
The fire started near Pepperdine University in Malibu, KTLA-TV reported. It's threatening structures including the Malibu Pier, which is two miles away from the school, according to the City of ...