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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
Major wildfires burning in Los Angeles County have killed at least five people and forced more than 130,000 to leave their homes as of Thursday morning, officials said. More than 2,000 structures ...
The Getty Villa art museum is threatened by the flames of the wind-driven Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades, California, Jan. 7, 2025. A fast-moving brushfire in a Los Angeles suburb burned ...
By the end of 2024, a total of 8,024 wildfires burned a cumulative 1,050,012 acres (424,925 ha) throughout the U.S. state of California.The total number of wildfires was slightly higher than the five-year average, while the total number of acres burned was lower. [3]
Five of the twenty largest wildfires in California history were part of the 2020 wildfire season. An August 19, 2020 satellite image of the wildfires burning in Northern California, covering a significant portion of California and nearby states. 2020 was a record-setting year for wildfires in California.
October 2017 Northern California wildfires: California: The October northern California wildfires were a large group of forest fires that killed 44 people and destroyed 8,900 structures. [78] 2017: 281,893 acres (114,078 ha) Thomas Fire: California: Largest wildfire in modern California history at the time (1889 Santiago Canyon fire may have ...
Read more:Southern California wildfires: Maps, evacuations, shelters. The Bridge fire, the largest of the four, was nearing 50,000 acres in size Wednesday afternoon, and was 0% contained. It began ...
However, while the number of fires to date in 2022 was only slightly below the 5-year average (7,641 fires versus 8,049 fires), the total acreage burned was well below the 5-year average; 363,939 acres burned in 2022 thus far versus the 5-year average of 2,324,096 acres (though that average includes several of California's most significant fire ...