Utility-caused wildfires
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Utility-caused wildfires are a subset of human-caused wildfires that are directly ignited by utilities, usually power lines. They are unplanned ignitions that can cause wild burns. Hotter and drier we
Camp Fire, as seen by the Landsat 8 satellite on November 8, 2018. Red highlights active fire seen in infrared.
The October 2017 Northern California wildfires, also known as the Northern California firestorm, North Bay Fires, and the Wine Country Fires were a series of 250 wildfires that started burning across
Copernicus Sentinel-3A satellite picture, October 9
The wildfires caused severe air quality problems around the Bay Area.
Aerial view of smoke from the 2017 fires in Napa and Sonoma Counties, California, on October 12 from near the south end of Lake Berryessa, nearest to the Atlas fire and looking toward the Nuns fire. Point Reyes is visible in the distance.
Aerial view of smoke from the Tubbs and Pocket fires, with the north end of Lake Berryessa, October 12