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  2. 2024 California wildfires - Wikipedia

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    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]

  3. List of California wildfires - Wikipedia

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    Lack of common sense forest managment 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 ...

  4. Mill Fire (2022) - Wikipedia

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    The Mill Fire was a fast-moving, deadly and destructive wildfire that burned during the 2022 California wildfire season, destroying parts of the communities of Weed, Lake Shastina and Edgewood in Siskiyou County in the U.S. state of California. Igniting during hot, dry & windy conditions on September 2, 2022, amid a record-breaking heat wave ...

  5. Where is the Sites Fire? What to know as Northern California ...

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    The Sites Fire burns in Colusa County, California, as seen by a Cal Fire camera on Saint John Mountain shortly after 3:15 p.m. Monday, June 17, 2024. Cal Fire officials said the fire was spreading ...

  6. 2018 California wildfires - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. A single, devastating California fire season wiped out years ...

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    California wildfires released almost 127 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2020, almost double the amount of carbon dioxide reductions made over 18 years.

  8. 2020 California wildfires - Wikipedia

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    Multi-fire incident that includes the Hennessey Fire (305,651 acres), the Walbridge Fire (55,209 acres), and the Meyers Fire (2,360 acres) sparked by lightning; 1,491 structures destroyed; 232 structures damaged; 5 injuries; 6 fatalities. [83] It is the fifth-largest fire complex in California history. [84] [85] Holser Ventura: 3,000: August 17 ...

  9. Dramatic satellite photos show California fire's massive ...

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    The Park fire has burned more than 400,000 acres in two weeks. Photos from space show a region destroyed and a landscape blackened. Dramatic satellite photos show California fire's massive ...