the current state of the thomas fire is 40 % containment.
what is the current state of the thomas fire?
40 % containment
on january 8, 2018, a winter storm began moving ashore in california, bringing heavy rain to southern california and prompting mandatory evacuations in parts of los angeles, santa barbara, and ventura counties, over potential mudslides in areas affected by wildfires. the storm intensified on the following day, with at least of rain falling over the two-day period, before the rainfall ended on january 9, causing several major mudflows.





























on january 12, 2018, the u.s. forest service declared the thomas fire 100 percent contained, at 281,893 acres.





























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thomas fire
the first report of the fire was at 6:26 p.m. on december 4 just north of santa paula, near steckel park and thomas aquinas college. fanned by santa ana winds, over the next few hours it rushed across rural backcountry into the city of ventura, burning close to 500 homes and consuming . over the next days, it advanced toward ojai and had jumped highway 33 and the ventura river into the rincon oil field area. by december 8, the thomas fire had grown to with only 10% containment, and fire officials estimated that the fire had cost at least $17 million to fight. by the evening of december 10, the thomas fire had reached in size, becoming the fifth largest wildfire in modern california history, and the largest wildfire recorded in california during the month of december. there were multiple periods of time when the fire was advancing at a rate of over an acre a second. the thomas fire had also destroyed at least 794 structures while damaging 187 others, and cost at least $38.4 million to fight, becoming at least the 10th most destructive wildfire in california history. early on december 11, the thomas fire had grown to , while containment of the fire had increased to 15%. on december 13, the thomas fire's northwestern flank linked up with its southwestern flank, to the east of carpinteria, enveloping an area containing ojai and lake casitas. early on december 16, the thomas fire reached a size of , with 40% containment, surpassing the rim fire as california's third-largest wildfire. on december 19, the thomas fire reached , with 55% containment, surpassing the burn area of the rush fire in california to become the second-largest wildfire in modern california history. during the evening of december 22, the thomas fire expanded further to , with containment at 65%, surpassing the cedar fire of 2003 to become california's largest wildfire in modern history. on december 24, the thomas fire grew to , after the fires from a back-burning operation completely merged into the thomas fire's northwestern flank, though containment of the wildfire also increased to 86%.
december 2017 southern california wildfires