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The Copper Fire was a wildfire in Los Angeles County, Southern California, in June 2002.After igniting on June 5 near the city of Santa Clarita, the fire burned for a week and consumed 23,407 acres (9,472 hectares), damaging wildlife habitat and historic structures in the Angeles National Forest.
The 2024 California wildfire season was a series of wildfires that burned throughout the U.S. state of California. By the end of the year, a total of 8,024 wildfires burned a cumulative 1,050,012 acres (424,925 ha). The total number of wildfires was slightly higher than the five-year average, while the total number of acres burned was lower. [3]
More than 350,000 people in California live in towns sited completely within zones deemed to be at very high risk of fire. In total, more than 2.7 million people live in "very high fire hazard severity zones", which also include areas at lesser risk. [9] Climate change in California has lengthened the fire season and made it more extreme. [10] [11]
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On September 10, the Colony Fire was 100% contained, ending the last of the Summer 2008 California wildfires. [26] The Summer 2008 wildfires burned a total of 1,162,197 acres (4,703.24 km 2 ) between May 2008 and September 2008, comprising the vast majority of burned land by wildfires in California in 2008.
The 2021 California wildfire season was a series of wildfires that burned across the U.S. state of California.By the end of 2021 a total of 8,835 fires were recorded, burning 2,568,948 acres (1,039,616 ha) across the state. [1]
This fire, along with the Alder and Eden fires, were the last fires to be put out, marking the end of the fire season. [113] Camp: Butte: 153,336: November 8, 2018: November 25, 2018: 5 firefighters injured, 89 civilian deaths, 12 civilians injured, 1 civilian missing; 18,804 structures destroyed, 564 structures damaged; destroyed the town of ...