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Five of the twenty largest wildfires in California history were part of the 2020 wildfire season. An August 19, 2020 satellite image of the wildfires burning in Northern California, covering a significant portion of California and nearby states. 2020 was a record-setting year for wildfires in California.
The maps below show the sizes and statuses of the fires. They will be updated frequently. The largest of the blazes, the Palisades Fire, is more than 33 square miles.
Massive wildfires continue to spread in the Los Angeles area amid extreme winds, including the Palisades Fire, which has exploded to nearly 20,000 acres, and the Eaton Fire, which has scorched ...
L.A. fire maps show Palisades, Eaton and more fires in California right now Emily Mae Czachor, John Kelly, Taylor Johnston, Grace Manthey Updated January 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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 have grown 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 ...
Probabilistic seismic hazard map. The earliest known earthquake in the U.S. state of California was documented in 1769 by the Spanish explorers and Catholic missionaries of the Portolá expedition as they traveled northward from San Diego along the Santa Ana River near the present site of Los Angeles. Ship captains and other explorers also ...
A person in Altadena, Calif., uses a garden hose Wednesday to try to save a neighboring home during the Eaton Fire. Deadly wildfires in the Los Angeles area have sent tens of thousands scrambling ...
The 2020 Creek Fire was a very large wildfire in central California's Sierra National Forest, in Fresno and Madera counties. One of the most significant fires of California's record-setting 2020 wildfire season, it began on September 4, 2020, and burned 379,895 acres (153,738 ha) over several months until it was declared 100% contained on December 24, 2020.