The 2015 California wildfire season was a series of
wildfires that burned across the state of
California. By the end of 2015 a total of 8,745 fires were recorded, burning across the state.
[ Approximately 3,159 structures were damaged or destroyed by wildfires, and at least 7 fatalities were recorded.
On September 11, after the ]Butte Fire
The Butte Fire was a rapidly moving wildfire during the 2015 California wildfire season that started on September 9 in Amador County, California. The fire burned .
The fire started at 2:26 P.M. on Wednesday, September 9, just east of Jackso ...
exploded from a size of Governor Jerry Brown
Edmund Gerald Brown Jr. (born April 7, 1938) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as the 34th and 39th governor of California from 1975 to 1983 and 2011 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected Secretary of St ...
declared a state of emergency
A state of emergency is a situation in which a government is empowered to be able to put through policies that it would normally not be permitted to do, for the safety and protection of its citizens. A government can declare such a state du ...
.
Nationwide fire season
The National Interagency Fire Center
The National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) in Boise, Idaho is the physical facility which is the home to the National Interagency Coordination Center (NICC), and the National Multi-Agency Coordination group (NMAC or MAC).
The center works clo ...
reported in mid-August that the 2015 fire season had been the most destructive since 2011
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. Nationwide, a total of had burned, which is roughly triple the total land area burned from the same time span in 2014
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.
Fatalities
The season also proved to be a deadly one for firefighters
A firefighter is a first responder and rescuer extensively trained in firefighting, primarily to extinguish hazardous fires that threaten life, property, and the environment as well as to rescue people and in some cases or jurisdictions also ...
battling the many blazes throughout the state. A United States Forest Service member from South Dakota died on July 31 from carbon monoxide poisoning, while battling the Frog Fire in the Modoc National Forest. A second firefighter was killed on August 8 by a falling tree, while battling the Sierra Fire south of Echo Summit. A 72-year-old disabled woman was killed in her home by the fast-moving Valley Fire.
Fires
Below is a list of all fires that exceeded during the 2015 California wildfire season, as well as the fires that caused significant damage.
See also
* List of California wildfires
* 2015 Oregon wildfires
* 2015 Washington wildfires
The 2015 wildfire season was the largest in Washington state history, with more than burning across the state from June to September. As many as 3,000 firefighters including 800 Washington National Guard members were deployed to fight the fires. ...
* Climate change in California
* 2014–15 North American winter
References
External links
2015 California Fire Map
(a Google map created by CAL FIRE)
California current incident information from CAL FIRE
California wildfires on the US Forestry Incident Information System
(InciWeb)
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Wildfires in California by year
California, 2015