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The wildfires collectively caused at least $18.0 billion (2018 USD) in damages, including $13.2 billion in insured losses, $3 billion in other economic losses, and $1.8 billion in fire suppression costs, making the 2017 California fires the second-costliest on record.
The October 2017 Northern California wildfires, also known as the Northern California firestorm, North Bay Fires, and the Wine Country Fires [7] were a series of 250 wildfires that started burning across the state of California, United States, beginning in early October. Twenty-one became major fires that burned at least 245,000 acres (99,148 ha).
On December 24, the Thomas Fire grew to 281,620 acres (1,139.7 km 2), after the fires from a back-burning operation completely merged into the Thomas Fire's northwestern flank, [70] [71] though containment of the wildfire also increased to 86%.
The fires have scorched more than 190,000 acres, an area nearly the size of NYC, reducing whole neighborhoods in the city of Santa Rosa to gray ash. California wildfires kill at least 31 as wind ...
Nearly two dozen blazes spanning eight counties have charred around 170,000 acres across northern California's wine country. At least 21 dead, hundreds missing as winds fan California wildfires ...
The six major wildfires that erupted throughout Southern California in the past week have killed at least one person and destroyed hundreds of buildings. Strong winds pose fresh threat in ...
The Thomas Fire was a massive wildfire that affected Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties, and one of multiple wildfires that ignited in southern California in December 2017. It burned approximately 281,893 acres (440 sq mi; 114,078 ha) before being fully contained on January 12, 2018, making it the largest wildfire in modern California history ...
Fire officials in Northern California reported further headway on Friday against the most lethal outbreak of wildfires in state history.