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The data collected by FIRMS are presented as a free web mapping service, with the active fire locations if any overlaid on a map. [1] The detections are displayed on top of a static background layer and each visualized detection is clickable to display its data, such as detection time, coordinates, satellite and instrument.
From January 7 to 31, 2025, a series of 14 destructive wildfires affected the Los Angeles metropolitan area and San Diego County in California, United States. [5] The fires were exacerbated by drought conditions, low humidity, a buildup of vegetation from the previous winter, and hurricane-force Santa Ana winds, which in some places reached 100 miles per hour (160 km/h; 45 m/s).
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, colloquially known as Cal Fire, [3] is the fire department of the California Natural Resources Agency in the U.S. state of California. It is responsible for fire protection in various areas under state responsibility totaling 31 million acres, as well as the administration of the state ...
Cal Fire said 40,300 acres have burned in California since the multiple blazes ignited, and over 12,000 homes, businesses and other structures have been destroyed.
The Airport Fire was a wildfire that burned 23,526 acres (9,521 ha) in the Santa Ana Mountains in Southern California in September and October 2024. [1] [2] The fire destroyed 160 structures in Orange and Riverside counties and caused 21 non-fatal injuries.
In 2012, 7,950 wildfires burned a total of 869,599 acres (3,519.14 km 2) in the US state of California; [1]: 62 these included the massive Rush Fire, which was the tenth-largest wildfire recorded in California in modern times, and the Ponderosa Fire, which destroyed 133 structures.
The launch window is 2:40 a.m. and 6:30 a.m., Thursday, March 21. Early morning commuters along the East Coast may see a ball of fire blaze across the sky Thursday, March 21, and NASA is getting ...
The Glass Fire was a wildfire in Northern California, that started on September 27, 2020, at 3:48 AM from an undetermined cause and was active for 23 days. [2] It was part of the 2020 California Wildfires and the 2020 Western United States wildfire season .