(KRON) — A number of wildfires erupted this week in Southern California, ravaging components of Los Angeles County. Essentially the most harmful of the bunch, the Palisades Fireplace, had burned an estimated 1,000 constructions as of Wednesday afternoon.
Whereas that quantity is simply an estimate, it could put the fireplace among the many 20 most harmful in California historical past, in response to Cal Fireplace. And the Palisades hearth can nonetheless do extra injury — it was not contained as of Wednesday.
Right here’s Cal Fireplace’s checklist of essentially the most harmful wildfires in state historical past:
Fireplace NameDateCountyStructures BurnedCampNov. 2018Butte18,804TubbsOct. 2017Napa, Sonoma5,636Tunnel (Oakland Hills)Oct. 1991Alameda2,900CedarOct. 2003San Diego2,820North ComplexAug. 2020Butte, Plumas, Yuba2,352ValleySept. 2015Lake, Napa, Sonoma1,955WitchOct. 2007San Diego1,650WoolseyNov. 2018Ventura1,643CarrJuly 2018Shasta, Trinity1,614GlassSept. 2020Napa, Sonoma1,520LNU Lightning ComplexAug. 2020Napa, Solano, Sonoma,Yolo, Lake Colusa1,491CZU Lightning ComplexAug. 2020Santa Cruz, San Mateo1,490NunsOct. 2017Sonoma1,355DixieJuly 2021Butte, Plumas, Lassen,Tehama1,311ThomasDec. 2017Ventura, Santa Barbara1,063CaldorSep. 2021Alpine, Amador, El Dorado1,003OldOct. 2003San Bernardino1,003PalisadesJan. 2025Los Angeles1,000 (estimated)JonesOct. 1999Shasta954August ComplexAug. 2020Mendocino, Humboldt, Trinity,Tehama, Glenn, Lake, Colusa935ButteSept. 2015Amador, Calaveras921
Cal Fireplace defines constructions as houses, outbuildings and industrial properties. The Palisades Fireplace has destroyed houses, companies, colleges, historic websites and extra.
By way of the most important wildfires in California historical past, the Palisades Fireplace doesn’t rank very excessive. It torched 15,832 acres as of Wednesday. Whereas that’s definitely giant, 17 California fires have burned greater than 200,000 acres. The August Complicated Fireplace is the one hearth that grew previous 1 million acres in measurement.
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What makes the Palisades Fireplace so devastating is that it’s within the closely populated Pacific Palisades space. A lot of California’s largest wildfires have been in additional rural areas.
A number of different fires are burning alongside the Palisades Fireplace in Southern California, compounding the injury. The Eaton Fireplace in Pasadena has killed at the least 5 individuals, and one other hearth within the Hollywood Hills broke out on Wednesday.
