2018 California wildfires
The 2018 California wildfires killed more people and did more damage than any other year on record. More than 7,500 wildfires burned an area of 1,667,855 acres (674,957 hectares). That was the largest number of acres burned in a recorded fire season, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire)[4] and National Interagency Fire Center, as of November 11, 2018.
| 2018 California wildfires | |||||||||||||||
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An August 1, 2018, satellite image of the wildfires burning in Northern California and Southern Oregon; smoke can be seen trailing northeastward over Nevada, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho | |||||||||||||||
| Statistics[1][2][3] | |||||||||||||||
| Total fires | 8,527 | ||||||||||||||
| Total area | 1,893,913 acres (766,439 ha) | ||||||||||||||
| Cost | >$3.5 billion (2018 USD) | ||||||||||||||
| Buildings destroyed | 22,751 | ||||||||||||||
| Deaths | 97 civilians and 6 firefighters killed | ||||||||||||||
| Non-fatal injuries | At least 80 total | ||||||||||||||
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The fires caused more than US$2.975 billion in damage. That included $1.366 billion in wildfire suppression costs.[5] Through the end of August 2018, Cal Fire alone spent over $432 million on operations.[6]
The Mendocino Complex Fire was the biggest wildfire in California history.[7] This fire caused over $257 million in damage. At least one firefighter was killed.
The Camp Fire did more damage than any other in California history. The fire alone destroyed or damaged more than 17,000 homes and businesses. It also killed 84 people.
More than 100 people were killed by the wildfires in California in 2018. The wildfires caused billions of dollars in damage.
References
change- ↑ "2018 Fire Statistics". CAL FIRE. November 4, 2018. Archived from the original on November 13, 2018. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
- ↑ "2018 National Year-to-Date Report on Fires and Acres Burned" (PDF). NIFC. November 9, 2018. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
- ↑ "Southern Area Coordination Center". Southern Area Coordination Center. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
- ↑ "Fire Statistics". Cal Fire. Archived from the original on November 22, 2018. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
- ↑ "Carr Fire May Reach $1.5B". Insurance Journal. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
- ↑ California Takes Financial Wallop from Unrelenting Wildfires (Report). Associated Press. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
- ↑ California Wildfires: Eight Images (Report). The BBC News. Retrieved November 24, 2018.