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/
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