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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 Jennings Creek Wildfire had expanded to 3,500 acres and was 20% contained, according to an update around 7 p.m. Monday from the New Jersey Forest Fire Service, which is sharing command duties ...
Firefighters in California gained a foothold in the battle against a wildfire north of Los Angeles while weather officials on Tuesday issued red flag warnings across the Northeast, where two fires ...
Sherry Alpers checks on her dogs at a center for Park Fire evacuees in Chico, California, on Friday. - Noah Berger/AP • 102 large wildfires burning nationwide: Triple-digit heat and dry ...
A Los Angeles County firefighter battles flames as a home burns from the Mountain Fire on November 6, 2024 in Camarillo, California. (Getty Images)
During the 2020 wildfire season alone, over 8,100 fires contributed to the burning of nearly 4.5 million acres of land. Since the early 2010s, wildfires in California are growing more dangerous because of the accumulation of wood fuel in forests, higher population, and aging and often poorly maintained electricity transmission and distribution ...
As of 7:46 p.m., the fire had burned 14,148 acres and was not contained, according to the latest incident update released by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire.
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).