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9,907 wildfires burned at least 601,625 acres (2,434.69 km 2) of land in the state of California during 2013. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The wildfires injured at least 125 people and killed at least 1. They also caused over $218.15 million (2013 USD) in damage. [ 2 ]
Brea (/ ˈ b r eɪ ə /; [7] Spanish for 'tar') is a city in northern Orange County, California.The population as of the 2010 census was 39,282. It is 33 miles (53 km) southeast of Los Angeles.
The fire began at approximately 12:49 p.m. PDT during a red flag warning near Woodridge Court and Woodridge Way igniting a large warehouse on the property of Roseburg Forest Products, a lumber mill north of the town of Weed, before quickly igniting the nearby vegetation and rapidly beginning to burn through homes in the nearby neighborhood of Lincoln Heights. [2]
The 1993 Laguna Fire or Laguna Canyon Fire was a destructive wildfire in Orange County, California. After igniting on October 27, the fire burned more than 16,000 acres (6,500 hectares) and destroyed hundreds of homes in Laguna Beach and Emerald Bay before it was fully contained on October 31. The fire forced almost 25,000 people to evacuate ...
Paul Abbott, baseball pitcher [5]; Ed Amelung, baseball player [6]; Shaun Butler, BMX rider [7]; Al Campanis, baseball player and executive; Gary Carter, baseball player, member of MLB Hall of Fame, attended Sunny Hills High School [8]
Northern California and the Central Valley saw drastic increases in air pollutants during the height of the July and August fires, while Southern California also experienced an increase in air pollution in August. [45] Air quality in Northern and Central California remained poor until mid-September 2018, when fire activity was drastically ...
The Park Fire is an active wildfire burning in Butte and Tehama counties in Northern California. [1] The fire ignited on July 24, allegedly due to arson , in Upper Bidwell Park adjacent to the city of Chico in Butte County.
Fullerton Joint Union High School District (FJUHSD), founded in 1893 is a school district in Orange County, California that serves a fifty-square-mile area which includes the cities of Fullerton, La Habra, and small sections of Anaheim, Buena Park, Brea, La Palma, Whittier and La Habra Heights.