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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]
VENTURA, Calif. — A raging wildfire in Southern California has prompted evacuations and damaged homes in celebrity-studded Malibu, the iconic, affluent, and mountainous beach community northwest ...
The new fire hit as the Southern California region was still reeling from a series of fires, including the Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire, that burned through more than 37,000 acres earlier this month.
The Sites Fire burns in Colusa County, California, as seen by a Cal Fire camera on Saint John Mountain shortly after 3:15 p.m. Monday, June 17, 2024. Cal Fire officials said the fire was spreading ...
March 2 April 1 2024 Florida wildfires – This fire was reportedly human-caused. Caused at least $40,000 in damage. [12] [3] Boggsville Colorado: Bent: 1,062 March 2 March 18 2024 Colorado wildfires – Reportedly human-caused. Estimated damage total of $178,000. [3] 139 Wyoming: Laramie: 2,018 March 2 March 26 2024 Wyoming wildfires ...
The Mountain Fire began shortly before 9:00 a.m. PST on November 6 during an episode of strong Santa Ana winds in Southern California. [2] The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center delineated an "extremely critical" risk area on their Day 1 fire weather outlook, warning of low relative humidity values combined with a strong wind event with gusts of over 65 miles per hour (105 km/h ...
At least five people are dead and many more are injured as a series of devastating fires grow uncontained across Southern California amid dry and windy conditions, leaving officials scrambling to ...
A Cal Fire spokesperson told SFGate later that day that "This fire is going to burn for another couple weeks for sure. Even if the fire stopped tomorrow, there would still be weeks of work to do. This is a long-duration fire." [29] Thousands of firefighters battled to contain the fire as of 29 July 2024. [30]