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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 ...
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This early spike in activity was primarily from wind-driven grass fires, more than 30 of which occurred on several days in mid-June with low humidity, high temperatures, and strong winds. [5] The first and only wildfire fatality of the year in California occurred on July 8, when the Mina Fire burned a home. [6]
The 2018 Camp Fire in the town of Paradise scorched more than 150,000 acres and was the deadliest wildfire in California's history. Ninety-five percent of the town burned in the fire.
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 been larger).
Wildfires are not a new phenomenon in California. They’re part of the state’s ecology, fueled by unique weather patterns, poor land management, and urban encroachment into fire-prone areas. To ...
2020 was a record-setting year for wildfires in California. Over the course of the year, 8,648 fires burned 4,304,379 acres (1,741,920 ha), [1] [2] more than four percent of the state's roughly 100 million acres of land, making 2020 the largest wildfire season recorded in California's modern history.
(Reuters) -More than 6,000 firefighters in California's Central Valley continued to battle the largest blaze in the U.S. on Saturday, which burned its way into the history books as the state's ...