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A series of 650 wildfires ignited across Northern California in mid-August 2020, due to a siege of dry lightning from rare, massive summer thunderstorms, which were caused by an unusual combination of very hot, dry air at the surface, dry fuels, and advection of moisture from the remains of Tropical Storm Fausto northward into the Bay Area.
[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 ...
Due to the rapid fire spread and thick smoke in the area, officials had trouble estimating the actual size of the fire. [9] [45] On September 13, the fire was thought to have reached 877,477 acres (355,102 ha). [46] By September 15, the burn area had been revised to 794,801 acres (321,645 ha), as better mapping data became available. [47]
Other major fires in the state include the Kenneth Fire near West Hills which is at 1,000 acres and 35% containment, the Hurst Fire near Sylmar at 771 acres with 70% containment and the Lidida ...
The growing Palisades fire — the area on fire is shown in orange — is threatening homes along Mandeville Canyon Road. Mandatory evacuation zones are colored red, which include MountainGate ...
Mexico sent a team of firefighters to California on Saturday to help teams battling the raging wildfires that have devastated parts of Los Angeles. "The humanitarian aid group is leaving for Los ...
September 10 satellite image of the wildfires burning in California and Oregon; The Aurora Fire on June 26, 2020; The Bobcat Fire burning in the San Gabriel mountains near Monrovia; Smoke from the North Complex over the Bay Bridge at noon on September 9; An orange sky over Eureka on Sept 9; The CZU Lightning Complex fires along Butano Ridge on ...
Size: 23,713 acres Containment: 18% Cause: Under investigation Tuesday marked one week since the deadly fires broke out in the Los Angeles area in Southern California and the fight is far from over.