October 2017 Northern California wildfires
series of wildfires
The October 2017 Northern California wildfires were a series of fires in California. The fires started on October 8 and 9 across Sonoma, Mendocino, Napa, Solano, Lake and Butte counties in the state.
There were seventeen separate wildfires burning across California.[1]
Over 5,700 houses and businesses were severely damaged or destroyed in the fires.
The Tubbs fire was the most expensive of the fires. It caused over $1 billion USD in damage.[2]
Other fires included the Atlas fire and Nuns fire.
References change
- ↑ "California Fires Lay Waste to 140,000 Acres and Rage On". New York Times. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
- ↑ "California Statewide Fire Summary". CalFire. Archived from the original on October 14, 2018. Retrieved October 20, 2017.