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On December 7, the Thomas Fire grew further to 115,000 acres (46,539 ha), with containment of the fire at 5%. [1] [36] On December 8, the Thomas Fire grew to 143,000 acres (58,000 ha) with containment of the wildfire increasing to 10%, after the Santa Ana winds died down. [56] [57] Thomas Fire, December 9, 2017, Landsat 8, bands 758.
The Thomas Fire had also destroyed at least 794 structures while damaging 187 others, and cost at least $38.4 million to fight, [28] [63] becoming at least the 10th most destructive wildfire in California history. [64] Early on December 11, the Thomas Fire had grown to 230,500 acres (933 km 2), while containment of the fire had increased to 15% ...
[14] [15] At the time, the Thomas Fire was California's largest modern wildfire, which has since been surpassed by the Mendocino Complex's Ranch Fire in 2018. The December 2017 fires forced over 230,000 people to evacuate, with the 6 largest fires burning over 307,900 acres (1,246 km 2) and more than 1,300 structures. [16] [17]
Fifteen active wildfires burned across New York state Monday totaling roughly 2,500 acres, with the largest in Ulster and Orange counties. Captain Scott Jackson, a Fire Management Officer for the ...
Most recently, the 2023 South and 2019 Maria fires burned thousands of acres in the western section of the Mountain fire's perimeter. In 2003, the 108,000-acre Simi megafire burned in eastern ...
Utility giant Southern California Edison has agreed to pay $80 million to settle the US Forest Service’s claims relating to the 2017 Thomas Fire, which at the time was the largest wildfire in ...
On November 19, the Butternut Fire formed at Great Barrington in Massachusetts and by November 20, the fire grew to 1100 acres. [19] However, on November 21, significant rain and snow significantly reduced the fire threat, [ 20 ] with many locations across New York, Connecticut and New Jersey receiving over 2 in (51 mm) of rain, and with ...
In New Jersey, the West Milford wildfire crossed into Orange County, New York, spreading to 2,500 acres of wooded properties with 0% containment, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service said Sunday.