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The Summer 2008 wildfires burned a total of 1,162,197 acres (4,703.24 km 2) between May 2008 and September 2008, comprising the vast majority of burned land by wildfires in California in 2008. [27] [16] [28] In total, the Summer 2008 wildfires burned a total of 1,161,197 acres (469,920 ha), which accounts for 84% of the total area burned during ...
The Southern California wildfires have destroyed Will Rogers’ historic Los Angeles home in Will Rogers State Historic Park and buildings at Topanga State Park.
LOS ANGELES– The deadly wildfires in Southern California have brought forth stories of destruction and loss, as winds continue to fan the thousand-acre infernos. The Palisades, Eaton and Hurst ...
The Basin Complex Fire was a massive wildfire near Big Sur that ignited on June 21, 2008, and was the result of a lightning strike. It eventually grew to 162,818 acres (658.90 km 2), becoming the second-largest wildfire of the 2008 California wildfire season and burning most of the Ventana Wilderness.
Images captured before the Southern California wildfires of a deserted surfer's resort, sculpture at the Bunny Museum and the ranch house at the Will Rogers State Historic Park.
The Sesnon Fire (also known as the Porter Ranch Fire) was a wildfire that broke out near the oil fields of Oat Mountain, north of Porter Ranch, California, on Monday October 13, 2008. [2] The cause of this fire was a power line falling onto dry brush near a drainage area. [3] A state of emergency was declared by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger ...
At least 25 people have been killed and more than 40,000 acres burned as the wildfires race through southern California for a ninth day ... California, on January 13 (AFP via Getty Images) A new ...
Climate change in California has lengthened the fire season and made it more extreme from the middle of the 20th century. [4] [5]Since the early 2010s, wildfires in California are growing more dangerous because of the accumulation of wood fuel in forests, higher population, and aging and often poorly maintained electricity transmission and distribution lines, particularly in areas serviced by ...