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Read more:Southern California wildfires: Maps, evacuations, shelters. The Bridge fire, the largest of the four, was nearing 50,000 acres in size Wednesday afternoon, and was 0% contained. It began ...
See wildfire map: Airport Fire in California blamed on crews doing fire-prevention work. Line Fire map. California Fire officials say the blaze is expected to grow significantly over the next two ...
It is one of three fires blazing in the area. To the east, the Line Fire is just 21% contained, while the Airport Fire, in the Santa Ana Mountains on the other side of San Bernardino, is 8% ...
The 2020 California wildfire season, part of the 2020 Western United States wildfire season, was a record-setting year for wildfires in California. Over the course of the year, 8,648 fires burned 4,304,379 acres (1,741,920 ha), [ 1 ] [ 2 ] more than four percent of the state's roughly 100 million acres of land, making 2020 the largest wildfire ...
The 2024 California wildfire season was a series of wildfires that burned throughout the U.S. state of California. By the end of the year, a total of 8,024 wildfires burned a cumulative 1,050,012 acres (424,925 ha). The total number of wildfires was slightly higher than the five-year average, while the total number of acres burned was lower. [3]
As of 7:46 p.m., the fire had burned 14,148 acres and was not contained, according to the latest incident update released by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire.
On lands under CAL FIRE's jurisdictional protection (i.e. not federal or local responsibility areas), the majority of wildfire ignitions since 1980 have been caused by humans. The four most common ignition sources for wildfires on CAL FIRE-protected lands are, in order: equipment use, powerlines, arson, and lightning. [10]
The Bridge Fire burns the mountain communities to the northeast of Los Angeles, in Wrightwood, California, U.S. September 11, 2024.