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The Sand Fire was a wildfire in 2016 that burned in the Angeles National Forest, east of the Santa Clarita Valley in Los Angeles County, California. [2] The fire, named for the area's Sand Canyon , was fueled by heavy chaparral and brush.
Additional parcels of land to the northeast were gradually annexed between 1989 and 1992. The westernmost and southernmost properties of Sand Canyon were annexed in 2012 and 2013, respectively. [2] In 2016, the canyon was the site of a major wildfire known as the Sand Fire. [3]
Just after 2 p.m., the Kern County Fire Department issued an order to evacuate Sand Canyon because of worries the area's only access road would become impassable because of Hilary.
In 2016, a total of 7,349 fires had burned an area 669,534 acres (2,709.51 km 2) in California, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. [2] [1] Climatologists had predicted an extreme version of El Niño, known as a Super El Niño, to occur during the winter of 2015–16.
Cal Fire received funding in 2018 to purchase 12 Fire Hawks to build the new fleet, later securing funds for an additional four copters from the Department of Defense in 2022. Cal Fire currently ...
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) [3] [4] is the fire department of the California Natural Resources Agency in the U.S. state of California.It is responsible for fire protection in various areas under state responsibility totaling 31 million acres, as well as the administration of the state's private and public forests.
Trump threatened to withhold firefighting aid to California as wildfires burned. A firefighters' union called it 'shocking.'
Tick Canyon Road between Abelia and Summit Knoll was closed. Soledad Canyon Road and Sand Canyon Road offramps were closed on October 24 and reopened. State Route 14 North and South off ramps were closed, due to the abrupt and rapid spread of the fires over the freeway. The blaze also jammed traffic between the Antelope Valley and Los Angeles.