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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 ...
Thomas Fire: California: Largest wildfire in modern California history at the time (1889 Santiago Canyon fire may have been larger). Spread fast due to strong winds and unusual dry weather in December. [79] 2017: 28,516 acres (11,540 ha) Goodwin Fire: Arizona: Shut down parts of Highway 69 between Mayer and Dewey-Humboldt. The fire destroyed 5 ...
That same day, CAL FIRE released a chart with the top 20 largest wildfires in California history, adding the Thomas Fire as the new largest fire. [86] On December 27, the Thomas Fire experienced another small expansion in size on its northeastern flank, to 281,893 acres (114,078 ha), while containment of the wildfire increased to 91%. [87]
The largest of the blazes, the Palisades Fire, is more than 37 square miles. That’s more than half the land size of Washington, D.C. A second fire, the Eaton Fire, is now more than 22 square miles.
The 2018 Camp Fire in the town of Paradise scorched more than 150,000 acres and was the deadliest wildfire in California's history. Ninety-five percent of the town burned in the fire. Ninety-five ...
The Mendocino Wildfire became the largest wildfire in California history Tuesday morning when two separate wildfires joined to cover an area of 443 square miles, according to the California ...
Since January 7, 2025, a series of 31 wildfires have affected the Los Angeles metropolitan area and surrounding regions. As of January 21, 2025, the Palisades Fire and the Eaton Fire remain active, both being the largest of the 31.
Firefighters struggled against rugged terrain, high winds and an August heat wave Tuesday to slow the spread of the biggest wildfire ever recorded in California, an inferno that exploded to be ...