#California fires map december 2017 series

Powerful Santa Ana winds fanned the flames. On December 6, 2017, Cal Fire estimated that at least 12,000 structures were threatened by fire. Those fires, according to the AP, 'spread at night as many victims slept, knocking out cellphones, landlines, Internet and cable television in some areas,' hindering alert services.The fires mainly affected a forested, hilly area north of Ventura, but flames have encroached into the northern edge of the city. 'The government does not really have authority over to ensure that that redundancy and resiliency is put in place,' he said. On Monday, the director of California's Office of Emergency Services, Mark Ghilarducci, told lawmakers at the state Capitol in Sacramento that the failure of privately operated communication services, such as cellphone and Internet, severely impeded rescue efforts in October.

'We saw the disasters and the losses that happened up north in Sonoma and this is a fast, very dangerous moving fire.' 'We urge you, you must abide by these evacuation notices,' Ventura County Sheriff Jeff Dean told reporters on Monday. They were the deadliest fires in California's history.

#California fires map december 2017 series

The latest wildfires follow a series of blazes in October that killed 44 people and destroyed nearly 9,000 homes and other structures as they tore through more than 200,000 acres in the wine country in and around Sonoma and Napa counties. It caused the closure of Interstate 5 in both directions near state highway 126 for several hours.įirefighters appear to be gaining the upper hand on smaller fires in Riverside and San Bernardino counties. 'There's probably about a 7- or 8-mile stretch of flames that runs through the mountains behind the city and in some cases reaches down to the neighborhoods themselves,' Orozco said early Tuesday.įire officials also were grappling with another blaze, the Creek Fire, which broke out just north of Los Angeles, that had consumed more than 11,000 acres as of Tuesday, according to fire officials.Ī third blaze, the Rye Fire, in Santa Clarita, about 32 miles north of Los Angeles, has burned 5,000 acres. Lance Orozco, news director at member station KCLU in Thousand Oaks, said he drove the length of Ventura County to get a look at the extent of the fire. 'I just wanted to get out of the house, so we just left basically with just the clothes on our back and the Christmas presents that we just shopped for,' she says. Samantha Wells-Zuniga tells The Associated Press that she was with her daughter and grandchild when she saw the fire closing in on her Ventura apartment. The #CreekFire #wildfire which began outside the City of #LosAngeles, is now threatening portions of #Sylmar and #LakeviewTerrace with evacuations now being coordinated by #LAPD - LAFD 🔥 December 5, 2017 'So we're very concerned about the wind popping up again today and pushing the fire a little but further toward the west.' 'Our fuel conditions out there are absolutely about as bad as they could be for fire spread,' Lorenzen said Tuesday.

The National Weather Service says wind gusts could reach 70 mph in Los Angeles and Ventura counties through Thursday, spreading the fire and potentially toppling trees and power lines. #LAWind #cawx /cvUEA2bDc2- NWS Los Angeles December 5, 2017Īn incident report from Ventura County described the blaze as 'a fast moving, active brush fire that started north of Santa Paula near Highway 150 and has burned into the city limits of Ventura and toward Highway 33.'Įrratic, hot and dry gusts from the Santa Ana winds have helped drive the blaze and hindered the efforts of hundreds of firefighters to beat it back. Main impacts include downed trees/powerlines, blowing dust, power outages, and very rapid fire spread.

Damaging #SantaAnaWinds and very critical fire weather conditions today and again late Wed night-Thu.