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Santa Ana winds in California expand fires and spread smoke over hundreds of miles, as in this October 2007 satellite image The Rim Fire consumed more than 250,000 acres (100,000 ha) of forest near Yosemite National Park, in 2013
The once fast-moving fire has scorched more than 4,000 acres and was 30% contained by Friday morning, according to Cal Fire. The fire threatened more than 4,300 structures, destroying 14 and ...
Red Flag fire warnings are expected to remain for the Malibu area along the Southern California coast into Wednesday afternoon after the Franklin Fire forced evacuation orders or warnings for ...
A Los Angeles County Fire Department firefighter works to put out hotspots at a home destroyed in the Franklin Fire on Wednesday, December 11, 2024 in Malibu, California.
1944 – Port Chicago disaster — E. A. Bryan docked in Port Chicago, California underwent massive explosions and fire while munitions were loaded. 320 people were killed and 390 were injured. 1947 – Texas City disaster — two ships' cargoes of ammonium nitrate caught fire and exploded, killing 581, more than 5,000 injured.
[14] [15] At the time, the Thomas Fire was California's largest modern wildfire, which has since been surpassed by the Mendocino Complex's Ranch Fire in 2018. The December 2017 fires forced over 230,000 people to evacuate, with the 6 largest fires burning over 307,900 acres (1,246 km 2) and more than 1,300 structures. [16] [17]
The brush fire blaze, called the Franklin Fire, grew overnight from five acres (two hectares) to 2,200 acres (737 hectares) along steep terrain, spreading south over the Pacific Coast Highway in ...
At the Pentagon in Washington, DC, 125 people were killed by the plane crash and subsequent fire. 2001 – A wildfire destroyed 290,000 acres of land in the hamlet of Chisholm, Alberta 2002 – Lagos armoury explosion caused fires in Northern Lagos, Nigeria, which killed at least 1,100 people.