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The below map of evacuation zones is current as of Sunday at 7:30 p.m. ET. The zones highlighted in red are areas under evacuation orders due to the Eaton Fire as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Jan. 12.
A map of evacuation orders and warnings for the Border 2 Fire in California, as of January 24, 2025. Areas in red are under evacuation orders and areas in yellow are under evacuation warnings ...
Nearly 250,000 people and businesses remain without power Thursday as wildfires continue to rage across Southern California.. As of about 1:15 p.m. ET, 249,515 outages had been reported, according ...
The wildfire burning near Fort McMurray on May 1, 2016. On May 1, 2016, a wildfire began southwest of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.On May 3, it swept through the community, forcing the largest wildfire evacuation in Alberta's history, with upwards of 88,000 people forced from their homes.
The Richardson Fire (also known as the Richardson Backcountry Fire) was a 2011 forest fire in the Canadian province of Alberta. It was located north of the city of Fort McMurray in an area known as the Richardson Backcountry. The fire started in mid-May 2011, and burned over 700,000 hectares (1,700,000 acres) of boreal forest.
Fort McMurray and Waterways amalgamated as the village of McMurray (the "Fort" was dropped until 1962, when it was restored to reflect its heritage) by 1947, and became a town a year later. Fort McMurray was granted the status of new town so it could get more provincial funding. By 1966, the town's population was over 2,000.
The NWS forecast predicts that Park Fire smoke will generally head north and east, affecting communities such as Redding and Red Bluff. The current forecast runs to Sunday. Park Fire smoke forecast
From January 7 to 31, 2025, a series of 8 destructive wildfires affected the Los Angeles metropolitan area and San Diego County in California, United States. [5] The fires were exacerbated by drought conditions, low humidity, a buildup of vegetation from the previous winter, and hurricane-force Santa Ana winds, which in some places reached 100 miles per hour (160 km/h; 45 m/s).