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Real time maps from California Fire Department show how the blaze has spread to over 3,000 acres of land – an area twice the size of Central Park Malibu fire map: 3,000 acres of California ...
The fire started about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday near the junction of Road 222 and Road 200. It is one of about a dozen fires across California that have started since Sept. 1
Multi-fire incident that includes the Hennessey Fire (305,651 acres), the Walbridge Fire (55,209 acres), and the Meyers Fire (2,360 acres) sparked by lightning; 1,491 structures destroyed; 232 structures damaged; 5 injuries; 6 fatalities. [83] It is the fifth-largest fire complex in California history. [84] [85] Holser Ventura: 3,000: August 17 ...
The 2023 California wildfire season was a series of significant wildfires that burned in the U.S. state of California during the calendar year. According to statistics published by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire), a total of 7,127 fires burned a total of 324,917 acres (131,489 hectares). This was below the ...
Fire activity decreased during August, but a long period of extreme heat across the Western United States during early September allowed numerous wildfires across the state to grow rapidly, such as the Line Fire, the Bridge Fire, and the Airport Fire in Southern California. Later in September, fire activity again decreased due to improved fire ...
See a fire map related to the Tick Fire burning in the Santa Clarita area as well as other fires in the Los Angeles County.
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 fire was discovered after the National Weather Service issued a red flag warning over the weekend for most of Ventura and Los Angeles counties because of critical fire conditions expected to ...