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An update from the LA County Sheriff's Department shortly before 8:30 p.m. local time said the most intense fire activity was occurring on the southwestern side of the fire.
The containment of the Southern California fires as of Saturday morning (Cal Fire) Some Southern California schools could reopen soon, officials say Saturday 25 January 2025 15:30 , Kelly Rissman
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]
A post shared on Instagram allegedly shows South African firefighters being brought in to California to help with the current fires in the state. The video shows a large group of men in an airport ...
The 2019 California fire season was less active than that of the two previous years (2017 and 2018), which set records for acreage, destructiveness, and deaths. In late October, the Kincade Fire became the largest fire of the year, burning 77,758 acres (31,468 ha) in Sonoma County by November 6.
The Palisades Fire is an ongoing wildfire burning in the Santa Monica Mountains of Los Angeles County in Southern California which has burned 23,448 acres (9,489 ha; 94.89 km 2; 36.638 sq mi), destroying large areas of Pacific Palisades, Topanga, and Malibu; it is part of a series of wildfires around Southern California being driven by an extreme Santa Ana wind event.
Lack of common sense forest managment 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 ...
The introduction of Fire Hawks brought another major innovation to Cal Fire’s operations: The ability to fight fires at night. Cal Fire Hawk firefighting helicopters are parked at Cal Fire ...