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Fire crews keep an eye on flames near Hungry Valley Road in Gorman on Sunday. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times) Temperatures in the mountainous area were forecast Sunday to reach the low 80s ...
The fire erupted Saturday afternoon near I-5 in Gorman, about 60 miles (100 kilometers) northwest of Los Angeles. ... and winds could pick up speed after sundown, warned the National Weather ...
On June 15, 2024, a wildfire known as the Post Fire broke out in Gorman. It quickly burned 22 square miles of land near the Interstate 5 freeway. [13] More than a thousand firefighters were assigned to battle the blaze, particularly near the Pyramid Lake recreation area. The fire was 100% contained on Wednesday, June 26, after burning for 11 days.
The Post fire, which originated Saturday in Gorman in northwestern Los Angeles County, was only 2% contained Sunday afternoon as high winds, low humidity and steep terrain hampered firefighting ...
Hills and canyons have seen brush or wildfires in 1914, the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and into today. [71] On occasion, lightning strikes from thunderstorms may also spark wildfires in areas that have seen past ignition. Examples of this are the 1999 Megram Fire, the 2008 California wildfires, [citation ...
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.
Injuries: 1 firefighter injured. Crews have significantly increased containment of the Point Fire overnight, increasing from 20% at 8 p.m. Monday to 40% by 6:30 a.m. Tuesday. The blaze is ...
Some of the wildfires as seen from space during the height of the summer outbreak on July 9, 2008. The 2008 California wildfire season was one of the most devastating in the state of the 21st century. While 6,255 fires occurred, [1] about two-thirds as many as in 2007, the total area burned— 1,593,690 acres (6,449.4 square kilometres) [2 ...