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The 2022 California wildfire season was a series of wildfires throughout the U.S. state of California. By the end of the year, a total of 7,667 fires had been recorded, totaling approximately 363,939 acres (147,281 hectares) across the state. Wildfires killed nine people in California in 2022, destroyed 772 structures, and damaged another 104.
Mosquito Fire A pyrocumulonimbus cloud rises from the Mosquito Fire on September 8, 2022 Date(s) September 6 (6-09) – October 22, 2022 (2022-10-22) (47 days) Location Placer County and El Dorado County, Northern California, United States Coordinates 39°00′22″N 120°44′42″W / 39.006°N 120.745°W / 39.006; -120.745 Statistics Burned area 76,788 acres (31,075 ha; 120 sq mi ...
The Mill Fire was a fast-moving, deadly and destructive wildfire that burned during the 2022 California wildfire season, destroying parts of the communities of Weed, Lake Shastina and Edgewood in Siskiyou County in the U.S. state of California. Igniting during hot, dry & windy conditions on September 2, 2022, amid a record-breaking heat wave ...
The windy conditions helped fuel the 4,385-acre Shoe fire in Northern California's Shasta-Trinity National Forest. The fire, which prompted evacuation orders for about 12 homes when it started Oct ...
A slew of other lightning-caused fires were reported Tuesday in Northern California, including in Mendocino County, Shasta-Trinity National Forest and the Tahoe area, although most were small and ...
The August Complex Fire, which burned 1.032 million acres in Mendocino, Humboldt, Trinity, Tehama, Glenn, Lake and Colusa counties, is the largest in California history. The wildfire, which ...
The summer 2008 wildfires were widespread and deadly, with at least 3,596 wildfires of various origins burning throughout Northern and Central California, for around four months. In some parts of California, fires recur with some regularity.
The fire complex consisted of 12 fires located in Humboldt and Trinity counties. [1] The complex fire burned a total of 41,596 acres (16,833 ha) from August 5 to November 3, 2022. The Six Rivers Lightning Complex was the only complex fire of the 2022 season, and was the third-largest fire of the season, after the Mosquito Fire and McKinney Fire ...