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Santa Ana winds in California expand fires and spread smoke over hundreds of miles, as in this October 2007 satellite image The Rim Fire consumed more than 250,000 acres (100,000 ha) of forest near Yosemite National Park, in 2013. This is a partial and incomplete list of wildfires in the US state of California. California has dry, windy, and ...
The 2024 California wildfire season is an ongoing series of wildfires that have been burning throughout the U.S. state of California. As of December 23, 2024 [update] , a total of 7,994 wildfires have burned a cumulative 1,049,956 acres (424,902 ha).
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).
The 2022 California wildfire season was a series of wildfires throughout the U.S. state of California. By the end of the year, a total of 7,667 fires had been recorded, totaling approximately 363,939 acres (147,281 hectares) across the state. Wildfires killed nine people in California in 2022, destroyed 772 structures, and damaged another 104.
• Park Fire – Butte, Tehama, Plumas and Shasta counties, California: The Park Fire has become California’s largest wildfire this year, covering more than 360,000 acres, or 562 square miles ...
Since 2020, approximately 70,000 acres of the state were burned by fires attributed to arson, and Cal Fire arrested 580 people on suspicion of the crime, according to Cal Fire data. Year to year ...
1921 Mari wildfires: 1922 Northern Ontario ... 2008 – Summer 2008 California wildfires, ... destroying many parks and forests. 2011 – Summer fire outbreak across ...
Below is a list of all fires that exceeded 1,000 acres (400 ha) during the 2017 California wildfire season, as well as the fires that caused significant damage. [21] The information is taken from CAL FIRE's list of large fires, and other sources where indicated.