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A firefighter uses a hose at the site of a wildfire, named the Lilac Fire, in the Bonsall area of San Diego County, California, U.S., January 21, 2025. Start date: Jan. 21, 2025 Size in acres: 85
Crews have significantly increased containment of the Point Fire overnight, increasing from 20% at 8 p.m. Monday to 40% by 6:30 a.m. Tuesday. The blaze is maintaining its size at around 1,200 ...
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 following day, the fire reached 70 percent containment. [129] As of 10:30 a.m. PST on January 16, the fire had reached 98 percent containment. [130] The fire then reached 100 percent containment on the same day after burning 799 acres of land. [131]
The Eaton Fire consumed 14,000 acres and is now 95 percent contained. The Hughes Fire started on January 22 and has destroyed more than 10,000 acres. It is at 90 percent containment.
According to statistics published by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire), a total of 7,127 wildfires burned a total of 324,917 acres (131,489 hectares) in the U.S. state of California in 2023. This was below the state's five-year average of 1,722,059 acres (696,893 ha) burned during the same period.
Three major wildfires are currently burning across four counties in Southern California, forcing thousands to evacuate.
The 1929 Smith River Bridge, also known as the Hiouchi Bridge or Bridge Wo. 1-06, was a rare example of a cantilever highway truss bridge within California, until it was demolished in 1989. [11] The two-lane road bridge carried U.S. Highway 199 across the Smith River.