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The October 2017 fires were the costliest group of wildfires on record at the time, causing around $14.5 billion (2017 USD) in damages, including $11 billion in insured losses and $1.5 billion in fire suppression costs, [5] [6] surpassing the 1991 Oakland firestorm, which until then had been the single costliest fire on record.
[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]
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2017 was the most expensive firefighting year on record for the US Forest Service with over $2 billion spent. [14] Record setting fires included the Lodgepole Complex Fire , the nation's largest that year; the La Tuna Fire , which was the largest in Los Angeles history; [ 15 ] and the 2017 British Columbia wildfires , worst in the history of ...
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The fire reached a quarter acre in size, before it was quickly contained within an hour. [93] During the night of December 15, just before 10:10 p.m. PST, a small brush fire broke out near Otay Valley Road, near a trucking facility in Otay Mesa, in southern San Diego County. The fire burned about 20 vehicles, before it was brought under control.
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