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December 2017
title: December 2017 Southern California wildfires text: in fire suppression costs. These maps depict the location and burn areas of some of the major wildfires. 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 title: 2017 California wildfires text: and Butte counties during severe fire weather conditions, effectively leading to a major red flag warning from much of the northern California area. In the extreme conditions, shortly after the fires ignited, they rapidly grew to become massive conflagrations spanning from 1,000 to well over 20,000 acres apart within a single day. In addition, the fires have destroyed an estimated 8,900+ structures, and killed at least 44 people. The fires burned over of land, and forced over 20,000 people to evacuate. Multiple wildfires ignited in December across Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Ventura, San Diego, Riverside, Santa Barbara Counties. The fires title: December 2017 Southern California wildfires text: County. The brush fires were collectively dubbed as the "Woodchopper Incident", with the first fire burning and the second fire burning , before they were both contained later on the same day. The brush fires briefly caused the closure of Highway 101. On December 8, at 9:30 a.m. PST, the Sweetwater Fire broke out in eastern San Diego County, south of Interstate 8 and just west of Japatul Valley Road, in Descanso. The wildfire burned about of land, before it was fully brought under control about 4 hours later. On December 8, sometime before 12:56 p.m. PST, a small brush title: Wall Fire text: Wall Fire The Wall Fire was a wildfire in 2017 near Bangor in Eastern Butte County, in California, in the United States. Initially named the Wall Incident, due to it starting near Chinese Wall Road, it was reported at 2:52 PM PDT on July 7, 2017. The fire was contained on July 17, 2017, and burned a total of . The fire broke out near Chinese Wall Road, five miles north of Bangor at 2:50 p.m. on Friday, July 7, and immediately became a threat to surrounding structures in the valley. Within a half hour of burning, the fire was title: October 2017 Northern California wildfires text: week after the fires started, flights continued to be canceled and delayed due to poor visibility from the smoke. The Cherokee Fire broke out on the evening of Sunday, October 8, near Oroville in Butte County just after 9 PM PDT. Reportedly igniting near Cherokee Road, the fire quickly expanded from hundreds to thousands of acres within a few hours of burning as it threatened nearby Oroville and surrounding rural neighborhoods. The Atlas Fire burned Napa County, north of the city of Napa, near Napa Soda Springs. On October 29, the fire had burned 51,057 acres and was 100% contained.