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California's biggest wildfire of the year — burning through delicate Joshua Tree forests along the California-Nevada border — is an unusual desert blaze being fueled in part by the rapid ...
Crews battled “fire whirls” in California’s Mojave National Preserve as a massive wildfire crossed into Nevada amid dangerously high temperatures and raging winds. The York Fire was mapped ...
Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. ( July 2024 ) The following is a list of fires that burned more than 1,000 acres (400 ha), or produced significant structural damage or casualties.
The York Fire exploded to 77,000 acres by Monday after it was first reported on Friday in the Mojave National Preserve, southeast of Interstate 15 York Fire in Mojave National Preserve explodes to ...
The fire began near U.S. Route 60 at mile marker 300. As of July 10, 2023 [update] , it had burned 831 acres (336 ha) and was 52% contained. [ 1 ] The Flying V fire is one of six fires that sparked along the highway on July 5, but the other five fires have been contained and only burned less than half an acre.
The fire began on July 28, 2023, on private land, [4] near the New York Mountains within the Mojave National Preserve in eastern San Bernardino County. [3] It was first observed burning in the area of Caruthers Canyon. [5] By the morning of July 29, after burning actively in the night, the fire had burned a total of 4,200 acres (1,700 ha). [6]
According to statistics published by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire), a total of 7,127 wildfires burned a total of 324,917 acres (131,489 hectares) in the U.S. state of California in 2023. This was below the state's five-year average of 1,722,059 acres (696,893 ha) burned during the same period.
Editor's note: This file captures the news of the California wildfires from Monday, Jan. 13. For the latest updates on the LA fires, follow USA TODAY's live coverage for Tuesday, Jan. 14. LOS ...