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The Bridge Fire in Southern California exponentially exploded over 10 times in size in a matter of 24 hours, as firefighters grappled with two other major fires in the region and a man was ...
July 27, 2024 at 12:07 PM. Firefighters, aided by improving weather conditions, began to get a handle Saturday on the Park Fire, now the seventh-largest wildfire in California history at over ...
September 9, 2024 at 7:22 PM. More than 10,000 people are under mandatory evacuation orders due to a fast-spreading, uncontrolled wildfire in southern California. The Line Fire also threatens ...
The 2021 California wildfire season was a series of wildfires that burned across the U.S. state of California. By the end of 2021 a total of 8,835 fires were recorded, burning 2,568,948 acres (1,039,616 ha) across the state. [1] Approximately 3,629 structures were damaged or destroyed by the wildfires, and at least seven firefighters and two ...
For the current fires in California, see 2024 California wildfires. 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 ...
The 2020 California wildfire season, part of the 2020 Western United States wildfire season, was a record-setting year for wildfires in California. Over the course of the year, 8,648 fires burned 4,304,379 acres (1,741,920 ha), [1][2] more than four percent of the state's roughly 100 million acres of land, making 2020 the largest wildfire ...
As of Sunday morning, nearly 2,000 fire personnel battling the Airport Fire in Orange and Riverside counties expanded containment from 9% to 19%, according to Cal Fire. The blaze, which began on ...
The Mosquito Fire was California's largest wildfire in 2022. The fire began on September 6, burned 76,788 acres (31,075 hectares) in Placer and El Dorado counties in September and October, and was pronounced fully contained on October 22. It affected the Tahoe and Eldorado National Forests and destroyed 78 structures in the rural communities of ...