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Website. calfire.ca.gov. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection ( CAL FIRE) [2] [3] is the fire department of the California Natural Resources Agency in the U.S. state of California. It is responsible for fire protection in various areas under state responsibility totaling 31 million acres, as well as the administration of ...
The Caldor Fire was a large wildfire that burned 221,835 acres (89,773 hectares) in the Eldorado National Forest and other areas of the Sierra Nevada in El Dorado, Amador, and Alpine County, California, in the United States during the 2021 California wildfire season. [2] The fire was first reported on Saturday, August 14, 2021, and was fully ...
The Mosquito Fire was California's largest wildfire in 2022. The fire began on September 6, burned 76,788 acres (31,075 hectares) in Placer and El Dorado counties in September and October, and was pronounced fully contained on October 22. It affected the Tahoe and Eldorado National Forests and destroyed 78 structures in the rural communities of ...
The cause of the blaze remained under investigation as of Tuesday morning. The Sites Fire burns in Colusa County, California, as seen by a Cal Fire camera on Saint John Mountain shortly after 3:15 ...
In total, more than 2.7 million people live in "very high fire hazard severity zones", which also include areas at lesser risk. [9] On lands under CAL FIRE's jurisdictional protection (i.e. not federal or local responsibility areas), the majority of wildfire ignitions since 1980 have been caused by humans.
Evacuations expand into Shasta County. The Shasta County Sheriff’s Office just before 6:30 p.m. Friday placed several zones in the Manton area under mandatory evacuation orders: MAN-5000, MAN ...
But the neighborhood has been rebuilt six years after the more than 150,000-acre wildfire swept through the town, burning nearly 19,000 structures and killing 85 people, according to Cal Fire.
A sagging electrical line rubbed up against brush and ignited. The Fairview Fire is a deadly and destructive wildfire that burned during the 2022 California wildfire season southwest of Valle Vista and east of Hemet in Riverside County, California in the United States. The fire ignited on September 5, 2022, during a severe heatwave that had ...