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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 ...
Rattlesnake Fire: California: Killed 15 firefighters. Well known textbook case used to train firefighters. 1958: 558,260 acres (225,920 ha) Kech Fire: British Columbia: Largest wildfire in BC history [38] [39] until the 2017 Plateau Fire of 521,012 hectares. [40] 1961: 16,090 acres (6,510 ha) Bel Air Fire: California: 484 homes destroyed and ...
As of Thursday afternoon, 25 people had been killed and more than 12,000 buildings and structures have been destroyed. More than 160,000 people are under evacuation orders and warnings. Follow ...
A map of evacuation orders and warnings for the Palisades Fire in California, as of 8:30 a.m. PT on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. Areas in red are under evacuation orders and areas in yellow are under ...
An interactive map of evacuation orders and warnings related to the Eaton Fire can be found on Cal Fire's website. The below map of evacuation zones is current as of Sunday at 7:30 p.m. ET.
By the end of 2024, a total of 8,024 wildfires burned a cumulative 1,050,012 acres (424,925 ha) throughout the U.S. state of California. The total number of wildfires was slightly higher than the five-year average, while the total number of acres burned was lower. [3] Wildfires destroyed a total of 1,716 structures and killed one person in the ...
Palisades Fire. Size: 23,713 acres Containment: 19% County: Los Angeles Since its discovery on Jan 7th, the fire caused eight civilian fatalities, destroyed 2,191 structures, damaged 397, and ...
Wildfires in California by year (25 C, 27 P) Pages in category "Wildfires in California" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.