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2024 California wildfires. The 2024 California wildfire season is an ongoing series of wildfires that have been burning throughout the U.S. state of California. As of August 16, 2024, a total of 5,313 wildfires have burned a cumulative 825,604 acres (334,110 ha). Year-to-date, the number of wildfires and the number of acres burned are higher ...
The 2022 California wildfire season was a series of wildfires throughout the U.S. state of California. By the end of the year, a total of 7,667 fires had been recorded, totaling approximately 363,939 acres (147,281 hectares) across the state. Wildfires killed nine people in California in 2022, destroyed 772 structures, and damaged another 104.
Updated July 27, 2024 at 6:37 PM. Active wildfires across California have consumed more than 626,000 acres as of Saturday, according to Cal Fire. California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of ...
On September 10, 2020, the August Complex set a record for the single-largest wildfire in the modern history of California, reaching a total area burned of 471,185 acres (1,907 km 2 ). On September 11, the August Complex merged with the Elkhorn Fire, another massive wildfire of 255,039 acres (1,032 km 2 ), turning the August Complex into a ...
Blazes from the Park Fire, started by an alleged arsonist who pushed a flaming car down a 60-foot gully near Chico, California, on July 24, has since burned more than 400,000 acres (162,200 ...
Here’s the latest: • Park Fire roars across parts of Butte and Tehama counties, north of Sacramento, California: As of Friday evening, the Park Fire has burned more than 239,000 acres, or ...
While the giant wildfires of 2017 and 2018 had a huge impact, requiring insurers to pay claims equivalent to more than 20 years of profits, the state’s insurance problems predate the fires.
List of California wildfires. Santa Ana winds in California expand fires and spread smoke over hundreds of miles, as in this October 2007 satellite image. The Rim Fire consumed more than 250,000 acres (100,000 ha) of forest near Yosemite National Park, in 2013. This is a partial and incomplete list of California wildfires.