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The 2020 California wildfire season, part of the 2020 Western United States wildfire season, was a record-setting year for wildfires in California. Over the course of the year, 8,648 fires burned 4,304,379 acres (1,741,920 ha), [1][2] more than four percent of the state's roughly 100 million acres of land, making 2020 the largest wildfire ...
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 ...
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. [ 18 ][ 19 ][ 20 ] In 2018, there were a total of 103 confirmed fatalities, 24,226 structures damaged or destroyed, and 8,527 fires ...
Area burned per year. Remains of houses destroyed in the Oakland firestorm of 1991. Satellite image from October, 2003 including Cedar Fire, one of the largest wildfires in California history. Starting in 2001, the National Interagency Fire Center began keeping more accurate records on the total fire acreage burned in each state. [16] Year. Fires.
Interactive map shows forecasted path for smoke from California’s Park Fire this weekend. Nathaniel Levine. July 26, 2024 at 12:54 PM. Hector Amezcua/hamezcua@sacbee.com. Smoke from the Park ...
September 11, 2024 at 4:36 PM. A resident stops to watch the Airport Fire burn near his home in the Santa Ana Mountains. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times) As four fires grew in Southern California ...
2017 California wildfires. Smoke from the Alamo and Whittier fires during the 2017 California fire season, on July 8, 2017. In terms of property damage, 2017 was the most destructive wildfire season on record in California at the time, [5] surpassed by only the 2018 season and the 2020 season, [6][7][8][9] with a total of 9,560 fires [1 ...
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 ...