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Fire crews are continuing to protect homes and businesses threatened by the fast-moving Caldor Fire as flames raced across treetops and drought-stricken vegetation amid expanded evacuation orders ...
The Caldor Fire was a large wildfire that burned 221,835 acres (89,773 hectares) in the Eldorado National Forest and other areas of the Sierra Nevada in El Dorado, Amador, and Alpine County, California, in the United States during the 2021 California wildfire season. [2]
The Caldor Fire in southern California has now stretched to more than 168,000 acres and evacuation orders are growing, driving out the residents of a local hospital.
The Caldor Fire in Northern California, which has already left two injured, exploded Tuesday morning from 6,500 acres to 53,772 acres by Wednesday morning. Caldor Fire explodes more than 8 times ...
California land area totals 99,813,760 or roughly 100 million acres, so since 2000, the area that burned annually has ranged between 90,000 acres, or 0.09%, and 1,590,000 acres, or 1.59% of the total land of California. [2] During the 2020 wildfire season alone, over 8,100 fires contributed to the burning of nearly 4.5 million acres of land.
During late July, the total area burned during the 2024 wildfire season saw significant growth due in part to long periods of hot, dry weather. These conditions allowed several fires to grow rapidly in size, such as the Park Fire, in Butte and Tehama counties, and the Borel Fire, in Sequoia National Forest. By July 29, more than 726,000 acres ...
The evacuation orders came after communities a few miles south of the lake were forced to evacuate Sunday as the Caldor Fire grew closer. As the flames neared the area, residents and visitors ...
The fire threatened 1,200 buildings in Lompoc, prompting evacuation orders for the affected areas. On May 16, evacuation orders were lifted, after the fire was reported to be 95% contained. At 9:20 AM PDT on May 19, the Miguelito Fire was reported to be 100% contained. No structural damage or injuries were reported. [47]