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The Dixie fire, one of 11 major wildfires raging in California, has now burned 488,000 acres (762 square miles). Eight hundred seventy buildings have been destroyed and 16,000 more are threatened.
The Dixie Fire, California’s second largest ever, continues to grow as firefighters brace for more heat
https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/10/weath...day/index.html
The Dixie fire southwest of the town of Susanville has now burned 721,300 acres (1,127 square miles) and destroyed more than 1,200 homes, businesses and other structures. More than 5,800 firefighters are battling the blaze. Containment is at 37%. Here are details of the Caldor fire in El Dorado County:
No containment, new threats from Northern California fire
The Associated Press, Aug 22 2021 1:08 PM
A wildfire burning for a week in Northern California continues to grow out of control, one of about a dozen big blazes in the drought-stricken state that have destroyed hundreds of homes and forced thousands of people to evacuate. There was zero containment Sunday of the Caldor fire, which has charred nearly 154 square miles of trees and brush in the northern Sierra Nevada after breaking out August 14. The cause is under investigation.
https://www.aol.com/news/round-winds...200821158.html
The Caldor fire has now burned 191,000 acres (299 square miles) and destroyed nearly 700 structures. It is threatening 33,000 homes and buildings. The cause remains undetermined.
Caldor Fire: Crews work to protect Tahoe-area homes as thousands remain evacuated
https://www.kcra.com/article/caldor-...ahoe/37442715#
The Caldor fire near Lake Tahoe has now burned 219,270 acres (343 square miles) and is 71% contained. It's destroyed 782 homes and 18 businesses and is now the 15th-largest wildfire in California history. Another wildfire has forced the closure of Sequoia National Park and has led to mandatory evacuations in the town of Three Rivers.
KNP Complex fire burns within mile of Giant Forest, threatening towering Sequoia preserve
Los Angeles Times, Sep 15 2021 3:26 PM
The KNP Complex fire, composed of the lightning-sparked Paradise and Colony fires which ignited Thursday amid regional thunderstorms, has ballooned to 7,039 acres with 0% containment. As it exploded rapidly through drought-stricken, bug-killed trees, the fire forced the closure of Sequoia National Park and the evacuation of employees living within it. The flames are about a mile from the famed Giant Forest, the largest concentration of towering giant sequoias in the park and home to the 275-foot General Sherman tree, considered the world’s largest tree.
https://www.latimes.com/california/s...x-fire-sequoia
Lakeview is a small community in Riverside County. The Rabbit fire, so named because it began yesterday afternoon near Jack Rabbit Trail, has quickly burned 12 square miles. The cause of the fire is unknown.
Lakeview brush fire grows to 7,600 acres, with 5% containment
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/la...nt/ar-AA1dV3Nz
The York fire began July 28 in the New York Mountains of the Mojave National Preserve. It has burned more than 128 square miles and has crossed over into Nevada.
Apocalyptic scenes as largest fire of the year rages through 82,000 acres of California
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/to...ia/ar-AA1eHhAA
The Park Fire started in Bidwell Park in Chico, California. If justice is served, the moron who started this fire will be parked in a prison cell for the next 50 years.
Man pushing flaming car into ravine started Park Fire, burning more than 120,000 acres in California
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...s-c-rcna163697
It took 200 firefighters six hours to get this blaze under control.
Hundreds of cars burned at Lancaster salvage yard, sending black smoke over desert
https://abc7.com/post/car-salvage-ya...lack/15096339/
The Park Fire has burned 552 square miles and destroyed 66 structures and is only 12% contained. More than 3,900 firefighters are battling the blaze.
California's Park Fire continues to grow as thousands flee to escape 7th-largest inferno in state history
https://www.foxweather.com/extreme-w...ia-evacuations
Havilah, a mining town in Kern County, was founded in 1864 and took its name from Genesis 2:11, which describes the Pishon river as winding "through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold." Most of the town has been destroyed by the Borel Fire which began July 24, 2024, when a motorist drove off Highway 178 into a canyon. He died in the crash and the car caught fire. The resulting wildfire has burned 89 square miles and is 0% contained.
Historic mining town Havilah wiped out by Borel Fire as wildfires ravage California
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...a/74587938007/
The Park Fire has now burned 604 square miles and is 18% contained. The Borel Fire has burned 90 square miles and is 17% contained. The Nixon Fire, which began July 29 near Richard Nixon Boulevard in Aguanga in Riverside County, has burned more than seven square miles and is 0% contained.
Nixon Fire grows to 4,500 acres, continues to burn vegetation east of Temecula
https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/n...ornia-updates/
According to U.S. Forest Service data, "Nearly 85% of wildfires in the United States are caused by humans. Human-caused fires result from campfires left unattended, the burning of debris, equipment use and malfunctions, negligently discarded cigarettes and intentional acts of arson." The Nixon fire, which has now burned more than eight square miles, was caused by equipment malfunction, namely, a faulty electrical panel.
Authorities know cause of the 5,222-acre Nixon fire on the Riverside-San Diego county border
https://www.sbsun.com/2024/08/02/aut...county-border/
The Park Fire, caused by arson, has burned 671 square miles in Butte, Plumas, Shasta and Tehama Counties. It is California's largest wildfire this year and the fourth-largest on record.
Firefighters significantly tame California's fourth-largest wildfire on record
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/articl...ldfire-on-rec/
"There's no crying in baseball" – but there's crying in Ontario. In 1998 this ballpark was named in honor of Joe "Jay" Littleton (1923-2003), a World War II veteran and Ontario resident who played in the Pony/Colt League and American Legion Baseball and was a scout for the Dodgers, Angels and Royals. The ballpark was declared a historic landmark in 2003. Littleton's son Gary plans to rebuild it.
California fire destroys baseball stadium featured in A League Of Their Own
The Jay Littleton Ballpark in Ontario is "a total loss," a city spokesperson said.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...gue-rcna168004
The Line Fire started September 5 near Base Line Street in Highland and has burned more than 32 square miles in San Bernardino County. Residents of four mountain communities have been ordered to evacuate.
Line Fire in Southern California continues to grow, forcing thousands to evacuate amid unrelenting heat wave
https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/n...inues-to-grow/
The Line Fire has now burned 58 square miles. It is not the largest wildfire burning in California. The Bridge Fire, which started September 8 east of Camp Williams in San Bernardino County, has burned 80 square miles and destroyed 40 homes and cabins in Wrightwood and Mount Baldy. Containment remains at zero.
Bridge Fire explodes in size, prompts evacuations and burns homes in SoCal
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...p/75187196007/
The Mountain Fire broke out this morning in Somis, south of South Mountain in Ventura County, and has already burned sixteen and a half square miles and destroyed several homes. More than 3,600 structures are threatened and more than 10,000 people have been evacuated.
Multiple homes burned as Ventura County fire explodes to 10,500 acres, trapping residents
https://www.latimes.com/california/s...-las-mountains
Overnight wind gusts reached 80 MPH. The Mountain Fire has now burned more than 30 square miles. More than 80 homes have been destroyed and 3,500 homes are threatened. Containment is at zero.
Mountain Fire grows to 19,600 acres as homes burn and Santa Ana winds howl
https://deadline.com/2024/11/mountai...ed-1236169592/
Huge out-of-control fire in Eaton Canyon north of Pasadena and Altadena. 2 dead. Wind gusts reached 80 mph overnight.
https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/n...-strong-winds/
Big fire in Pacific Palisades has burned more than 20,000 acres and destroyed most of the town.
https://ktla.com/news/california/wil...d-devastation/