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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.
2024 →. The 2023 California wildfire season was a series of significant wildfires that burned in the U.S. state of California during the calendar year. According to statistics published by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire), a total of 7,127 fires burned a total of 324,917 acres (131,489 hectares).
July 5, 2024 at 7:29 PM. RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. - A brush fire forced temporary evacuations in part of Riverside County before expiring late Friday night. Cal Fire and the Riverside County Fire ...
The Nixon fire near Aguanga in southern Riverside County exploded in size after it ignited Monday afternoon, growing to almost 5,000 acres by Tuesday night, according to the California Department ...
The Columbia Fire was reported just after 8 a.m. near Columbia and Michigan avenues, east of Highgrove, according to Cal Fire. The fire was 100% contained by around 4 p.m. Monday. All evacuation ...
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.
An aircraft drops fire retardant as firefighters work to control the Gavilan Fire in Riverside County, California, on July 15, 2023. - David Swanson/AFP/Getty Images
The October 2017 Northern California wildfires, also known as the Northern California firestorm, North Bay Fires, and the Wine Country Fires[ 7 ] were a series of 250 wildfires that started burning across the state of California, United States, beginning in early October. Twenty-one became major fires that burned at least 245,000 acres (99,148 ha).