2007 California wildfires
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At least 9,093 separate wildfires charred 1,520,362 acres of land in the US state of California in 2007. Thirty of those wildfires were part of the Fall 2007 California firestorm, which burned approxi
QuikSCAT image from 2002 showing the speed of the Santa Ana winds (m/s)
A comparison of the Simi Valley skyline from October 21, 2007 (left and center) to October 22, 2007 (right)
Evacuees at evacuation site Mira Mesa High School
The remains of a home destroyed by the Witch Creek Fire
2008 California wildfires
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The 2008 wildfire season was one of California's most devastating in the 21st century. While 6,255 fires occurred, about two-thirds as many as in 2007, the total area burned— 1,593,690 acres —far exce
2007 California wildfires
…Total fires 9,093 Total area 1,520,362 acres (6,152.69 km2) Impacts Deaths At least 17 Injuries At least 203 Cost >$2.681 billion (2007 USD) ← 2006 2008 → At least 9,093 separate wildfires charred 1,520,362 acres (6,152.69 km2) of land in the US state of California in 2007. Thirty of those wildfires…
Some of the wildfires as seen from space during the height of the summer outbreak on July 9, 2008.
View east of the smokey sky, from Carson City, Nevada (11 July 2008).