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That same day, CAL FIRE released a chart with the top 20 largest wildfires in California history, adding the Thomas Fire as the new largest fire. [86] On December 27, the Thomas Fire experienced another small expansion in size on its northeastern flank, to 281,893 acres (114,078 ha), while containment of the wildfire increased to 91%. [87]
Southern California Edison will pay $80 million to settle claims on behalf of the U.S. Forest Service connected to a massive wildfire that destroyed more than a thousand homes and other structures ...
Utility giant Southern California Edison has agreed to pay $80 million to settle the US Forest Service’s claims relating to the 2017 Thomas Fire, which at the time was the largest wildfire in ...
Southern California Edison to pay $80 million after its equipment sparked the deadly 2017 Thomas fire that ravaged Ventura and Santa Barbara counties.
The Thomas Fire had also destroyed at least 794 structures while damaging 187 others, and cost at least $38.4 million to fight, [28] [63] becoming at least the 10th most destructive wildfire in California history. [64] Early on December 11, the Thomas Fire had grown to 230,500 acres (933 km 2), while containment of the fire had increased to 15% ...
Park Fire: California Largest fire caused by arson in California 2024 14,104 acres (5,708 ha) Coffee Pot Fire: California Injured 3 firefighters. [88] 2025 40,588 acres (16,425 ha) † Southern California wildfires: California Twenty-five people have died, and more than 12,400 structures have burned. (This is still ongoing)
The two wildfires, which started on the night of Dec. 4, 2017 and are collectively known as the Thomas fire, charred more than 280,000 acres (113,312 hectares), or about 440 square miles ...
[14] [15] At the time, the Thomas Fire was California's largest modern wildfire, which has since been surpassed by the Mendocino Complex's Ranch Fire in 2018. The December 2017 fires forced over 230,000 people to evacuate, with the 6 largest fires burning over 307,900 acres (1,246 km 2 ) and more than 1,300 structures.