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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.
Forward progress was stopped on the Lehi Fire just before 8 p.m. after the fire sparked near Lehi Lane, just north of Highway 193, just after 4 p.m., said Cal Fire’s Nevada-Yuba-Placer unit.
Location in Nevada. The Numbers Fire was a wildfire that burned in the Pine Nut Mountains, near Gardnerville, Nevada, in the United States. The fire was reported on July 6, 2020, and burned 18,342 acres (7,423 ha). It was contained on July 14, 2020. The fire threatened the communities of Ruhenstroth, Pine View Estates and Bodie Flats, totaling ...
On November 21, 1980, the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino (now Horseshoe Las Vegas) in Paradise, Nevada suffered a major fire. The fire killed 85 people, most through smoke inhalation. [ 5 ] The CCFD was the first agency to respond, and thus was in command at the scene of the fire, which remains the worst disaster in Nevada history, and the third ...
July 29, 2023 at 10:37 AM. Night photo of the "York Fire." Firefighters on Friday battled vegetation fire south of Interstate 15 and near Mountain Pass, in the Mojave National Preserve. Smoke from ...
California's biggest wildfire of the year — burning through delicate Joshua Tree forests along the California-Nevada border — is an unusual desert blaze being fueled in part by the rapid ...
Multiple wildfires burning near the Pacific coast of the U.S. on September 9, 2020. Affected states. Background. Largest wildfire by state. v. t. e. The 2020 Nevada wildfire season began in June 2020. The season is a part of the 2020 Western United States wildfire season .
Story at a glance Nationally, more than 90 active wildfires have consumed close to 814,000 acres so far and just four are considered contained. Wildfires have burned more than 6.6 million acres ...