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The 2024 California wildfire season is an ongoing series of wildfires that have been burning throughout the U.S. state of California. As of September 20, 2024, a total of 6,269 wildfires have burned a cumulative 995,829 acres (402,998 ha). Year-to-date, the number of wildfires and the number of acres burned are higher than the five-year average ...
Borel Fire. The Borel Fire is a large and destructive wildfire burning south of Lake Isabella in Kern County, California. As of September 3, 2024, the fire has burned 59,288 acres (23,993 hectares) and is 95% contained. The fire was determined to be caused by a fatal car accident which caught fire and spread to the surrounding hillside.
The Bobcat Fire was a large wildfire in Los Angeles County and one of the major incidents of the 2020 California wildfire season. The fire ignited on September 6, 2020, and burned 115,997 acres (46,942 ha) before it was fully contained by November 27. The Bobcat Fire primarily burned in the central San Gabriel Mountains, in and around the ...
Wildfires are exploding across the West, especially in California, where the Park Fire has now grown to be the biggest in the state this year. The largest of several wildfires in the state is the ...
Wildfires in California and Nevada have spread rapidly after a heat wave that saw triple-digit temperatures and dry conditions — but cooler weather may bring some respite in the firefights.
Raging wildfires in California and Nevada are forcing the mandatory evacuations of thousands of homes as forecasters warn of a few more days of record-breaking heat for parts of the West.
The 2021 California wildfire season was a series of wildfires that burned across the U.S. state of California. By the end of 2021 a total of 8,835 fires were recorded, burning 2,568,948 acres (1,039,616 ha) across the state. [1] Approximately 3,629 structures were damaged or destroyed by the wildfires, and at least seven firefighters and two ...
Collectively, Cal Fire said, the fires are 34% contained. Six other wildfires that started in the last two weeks and burned more than 200 acres are still active in California, according to Cal ...