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It began as a brush fire near the site where an earlier fire, called the Lachman Fire, had been located on Jan. 1, and it spiraled out of control as high winds hit the region.
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.
Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news on the Pacific Palisades fire for Tuesday, Jan. 7. For the latest updates on the California wildfires, please read USA TODAY'S live updates for ...
Editor's Note: For the latest on the Palisades Fire for Jan. 8, click here for updates. A large bush fire threatens more than 25,000 homes and structures in Los Angeles as Southern California ...
By the time it was extinguished on November 12, the August Complex fire had burned a total of 1,032,648 acres (417,898 ha), or 1,614 square miles (4,180 km 2), [5] about 1% of California's 100 million acres of land, an area larger than the state of Rhode Island.
Yap co-authored a report in 2021 that found more than 2 million homes in California are in high-fire-risk areas. State lawmakers, who are grappling with fire risk alongside a dire need for housing ...
One of those ignitions was the actively expanding Walbridge Fire (then the 13-4 Fire) that had started in rugged hills north of the Austin Creek State Recreation Area of Sonoma County. [11] Evacuation warnings were put in place for the rural area in the hills between Healdsburg and Stewarts Point as the fire burned virtually unchecked. [11]
An update from the LA County Sheriff's Department shortly before 8:30 p.m. local time said the most intense fire activity was occurring on the southwestern side of the fire.