Tamarack Fire
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The Tamarack Fire was a wildfire that burned 68,637 acres (27,776 ha), primarily in the Mokelumne Wilderness in Alpine County, California, Douglas County, Nevada and Lyon County, Nevada, as part of the 2021 California wildfire season.
The Tamarack Fire visible from Markleeville on July 17, 2021
A spot fire burning on the east side of Highway 395 on the afternoon of July 22.
The Tamarack Fire burning in the Topaz Lake area. Topaz Lake was under mandatory evacuation at one point due to the fire's threat.
One of over 30 utility poles burned by the Tamarack Fire.
2021 California wildfires
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The 2021 California wildfire season was a series of wildfires that burned across the U.S. state of California. By the end of 2021 a total of 8,835 fires were recorded, burning 2,568,948 acres (1,039,616 ha) across the state. Approximately 3,629 structures were damaged or destroyed by the wildfires, and at least seven firefighters and two civilians were injured.
Smoke from multiple wildfires in California
Fire cloud produced by the Dixie Fire, which became the largest single (non-complex) wildfire in California history by August 6, 2021
Firefighters setting a prescribed fire on January 27, 2021 near Ant Canyon in Kern County
Fire retardant and smoldering brush in the Tumbleweed Fire north of Los Angeles in July 2021