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Thick plumes of opaque black smoke billowed into the Texas sky Wednesday after a Houston-area chemical plant caught fire – forcing nearby students to evacuate and residents to shelter in place.
Editor’s note: Find the latest coverage of the Pacific Palisades wildfire here.. Wildfires began breaking out in Southern California Tuesday morning as a life-threatening, widespread windstorm ...
An update from the LA County Sheriff's Department shortly before 8:30 p.m. local time said the most intense fire activity was occurring on the southwestern side of the fire.
The Hurst Fire, also known as the Sylmar Fire, [1] is an active wildfire burning in the Sylmar area of the city of Los Angeles in Southern California. It is one of several fires being driven by an extremely powerful Santa Ana wind event.
The Lidia Fire broke out near the community of Acton in a region between the Sierra Pelona and San Gabriel mountains Wednesday afternoon. By evening, it spanned 348 acres with 40% containment .
San Clemente Island: Los Angeles: 13,000: July 24: July 30: Burned more than one-third of San Clemente Island, damaging electrical infrastructure for the naval base there. [76] Nixon: Riverside, San Diego: 5,222: July 29: August 7: Forced evacuations near Anza. Destroyed 23 structures and damaged three. Human caused. [77] [78] Pedro: Mariposa ...
As of 2 p.m. Wednesday, the Hurst fire had burned 505 acres, the Eaton fire 10,600 acres and the Palisades fire 15,832 acres. With high winds expected to continue into the evening, officials ...
[1] [3] These lightning strikes initially started fires separately known as the Warnella Fire, near Davenport and the Waddell Fire, near Waddell Creek, as well as three fires on what would become the northern edge of the CZU Complex fire. Two days after the fires began, a change in wind conditions caused these three northern fires to rapidly ...