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The 2018 wildfire season was the deadliest and most destructive wildfire season in California history. It was also the largest on record at the time, now third after the 2020 and 2021 California wildfire seasons. [18][19][20] In 2018, there were a total of 103 confirmed fatalities, 24,226 structures damaged or destroyed, and 8,527 fires burning ...
Smoke from the Alamo and Whittier fires during the 2017 California fire season, on July 8, 2017. In terms of property damage, 2017 was the most destructive wildfire season on record in California at the time, [5] surpassed by only the 2018 season and the 2020 season, [6][7][8][9] with a total of 9,560 fires [1] burning 1,548,429 acres (6,266.27 ...
September 11, 2024 at 4:36 PM. A resident stops to watch the Airport Fire burn near his home in the Santa Ana Mountains. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times) As four fires grew in Southern California ...
During the 2020 wildfire season alone, over 8,100 fires contributed to the burning of nearly 4.5 million acres of land. 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 ...
Bridge Fire. The Bridge Fire is an active destructive wildfire in the Angeles National Forest, currently burning in Southern California's Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties. The fire began on September 8. As of October 1, 2024, the fire has burned 54,878 acres (22,208 hectares) and is 98 percent contained. [1]
A raging wildfire in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties has exploded to more than 51,000 acres, forcing residents to flee in a hurry and destroying dozens of homes. The Bridge Fire has set ...
SoCal fires burn 100,000 acres, destroy dozens of homes and injure 13. Hannah Fry, Nathan Solis, Summer Lin, Alex Wigglesworth, Gina Ferazzi. September 11, 2024 at 6:00 AM. Thick smoke from a ...
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] Approximately 3,629 structures were damaged or destroyed by the wildfires, and at least seven firefighters and two ...