The Park Hill Fire was a fire during the
2015 California Wildfire season. It started on June 20, 2015 in
San Luis Obispo County
San Luis Obispo County (), officially the County of San Luis Obispo, is a county on the Central Coast of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 282,424. The county seat is San Luis Obispo.
JunÃpero Serra founded the Mission ...
by a chunk of coal that flew out of the exhaust pipe of a vehicle. The fire burned 1,791 acres, destroyed 23 buildings, and 4 people were injured by or during the fire.
CalFire
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) is the fire department of the California Natural Resources Agency in the U.S. state of California. It is responsible for fire protection in various areas under state responsibi ...
had 15 personnel and 3
engines
An engine or motor is a machine designed to convert one or more forms of energy into mechanical energy.
Available energy sources include potential energy (e.g. energy of the Earth's gravitational field as exploited in hydroelectric power ...
working on the fire. The fire was contained on June 24, 2015.
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2015 California wildfires