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An updating map created by CBS News' data team charts the expanse of the wildfires across Southern California. The Palisades Fire — the largest wildfire in the region — has burned more than ...
As of January 24, 2025, nine fires remain active, these including the Palisades Fire, Eaton Fire, and the Hughes Fire. [ 5 ] The others are the Border 2 Fire (in San Diego County , started on January 23), Clay Fire ( Riverside County , January 21), Gibbel Fire (Riverside County, January 23), Gilman Fire (San Diego County, January 23), Laguna ...
Across the city, the Eaton Fire, which has claimed at least 16 lives, has burned more than 14,000 acres near Pasadena and left some entire communities smoldering in ashes, the maps show.
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 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 lines, particularly in areas serviced by ...
The 2019 California fire season was less active than that of the two previous years (2017 and 2018), which set records for acreage, destructiveness, and deaths. In late October, the Kincade Fire became the largest fire of the year, burning 77,758 acres (31,468 ha) in Sonoma County by November 6.
The 2018 wildfire season was the deadliest and most destructive wildfire season in California history.It was also the largest on record at the time, now third after the 2020 and 2021 California wildfire seasons.
California's Line Fire grows to 26,000 acres, more evacuations underway: See wildfire map Sara Chernikoff and Julia Gomez, USA TODAY September 10, 2024 at 10:05 AM
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]