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Climate change in California has lengthened the fire season and made it more extreme from the middle of the 20th century. [4] [5]Since the early 2010s, wildfires in California are growing more dangerous because of the accumulation of wood fuel in forests, higher population, and aging and often poorly maintained electricity transmission and distribution lines, particularly in areas serviced by ...
As of January 16, 27 deaths were attributed to the wildfires. Of those, 17 were attributed to the Eaton Fire and 10 to the Palisades Fire. [1] [154] 67-year-old Anthony Mitchell and his son Justin Mitchell were both victims of the Eaton Fire in Altadena. Both were found by Justin's bed, possibly due to Anthony attempting to save him. [155]
2008 – Summer 2008 California wildfires, second costliest in US history to extinguish. 2009 – Black Saturday bushfires In February, at the end of the early 2009 southeastern Australia heat wave , bushfires swept through the Australian state of Victoria killing 180 people, injuring around 500, destroying at least 2029 homes.
On September 9, the Doe Fire, the main fire of the August Complex, surpassed the 2018 Mendocino Complex to become both the single-largest wildfire and the largest fire complex in recorded California history. [5] On September 10, the combined Doe Fire also merged with the Elkhorn Fire (originally a separate incident) and the Hopkins Fire ...
As of January 8, 2025, at 10:36 a.m. PST , the fire had spread to approximately 14,117 acres (5,713 ha). It is one of several fires being driven by the extremely powerful Santa Ana winds, along with the larger Palisades Fire. [3] As of January 14, 2025, it is the fifth deadliest fire in California history, killing 17 people.
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[17] [23] [24] [25] The Mendocino Complex Fire burned more than 459,000 acres (186,000 ha), becoming the largest complex fire in the state's history at the time, with the complex's Ranch Fire surpassing the Thomas Fire and the Santiago Canyon Fire of 1889 to become California's single-largest recorded wildfire.
From top to bottom, and left to right; September 10 satellite image of the wildfires burning in California and Oregon; The Aurora Fire on June 26, 2020; The Bobcat Fire burning in the San Gabriel mountains near Monrovia; Smoke from the North Complex over the Bay Bridge at noon on September 9; An orange sky over Eureka on Sept 9; The CZU Lightning Complex fires along Butano Ridge on August 18 ...