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At least 9,093 separate wildfires charred 1,520,362 acres (6,152.69 km 2) of land in the US state of California in 2007. [1] Thirty of those wildfires were part of the Fall 2007 California firestorm, [5] which burned approximately 972,147 acres (about 3,934 km 2, or 1,520 mi 2) of land from Santa Barbara County to the U.S.–Mexico border. [6]
His teenage son suffered burn injuries, along with four firefighters of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, who had attempted to rescue them. [62] The fire may also have caused the deaths of four migrant workers near the U.S.–Mexico border. [63] An estimated 1,210 firefighters battled this fire. [64]
Climate change in California has lengthened the fire season and made it more extreme from the middle of the 20th century. [4] [5]Since the early 2010s, wildfires in California have grown more dangerous because of the accumulation of wood fuel in forests, higher population, and aging and often poorly maintained electricity transmission and distribution lines, particularly in areas serviced by ...
House Speaker Mike Johnson suggested on Monday that lawmakers might attach “conditions” to wildfire aid for California, where blazes in Los Angeles have killed at least 25 and burned hundreds ...
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.
Flames rise from the Sunset Fire in the hills overlooking the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, U.S. January 8, 2025. Start Date: Jan. 8, 2025 Size in Acres: 60
The Johnson Fire was a wildfire that started in Gila National Forest near Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument and the town of Silver City, New Mexico on May 20, 2021. The fire burned 88,918 acres (35,984 ha) and was fully contained on July 23, 2021. [1] [2] It was the largest wildfire in the United States of the 2021 wildfire season until ...
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - Victims of the Los Angeles wildfires, likely the costliest in U.S. history, are seizing upon a unique California legal doctrine that allows them to collect from their power ...