Unintentionally caused by vehicular traffic along California State Route 139 ġ4 buildings destroyed, 7 damaged and 3 people injuredĬaused by lightning strike 2 buildings destroyed The following is a list of fires that burned more than 1,000 acres (400 ha), or produced significant structural damage or casualties:ĭowned PG&E power line was the cause According to the US Forest Service and US Department of the Interior officials, early projections indicated that the fire season would possibly be worse than the year prior, stating that "if we're lucky, this year will simply be a challenging one." This assessment was written on the basis of noting that the state has recently been seeing consistently destructive fires more often than ever before. Early projections įire behavioral experts and climatologists warned that heavy rains from months early in the year had produced an excess of vegetation that would become an abundance of dry fuel later in the year as the fire season gets underway. While large areas were without power for days, people in fire danger areas had trouble getting information, and critical life support equipment would not work without backup power. Pacific Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric had preemptively shut off power to 800,000 electric customers to reduce the risk of wildfires by preventing electrical arcing in high winds from their above-ground power lines. Massive preemptive public safety power shutoff events have been controversial. In late October, the Kincade Fire became the largest fire of the year, burning 77,758 acres (31,468 ha) in Sonoma County by November 6. The 2019 California fire season was less active than that of the two previous years ( 20), which set records for acreage, destructiveness, and deaths. These fires caused 22 injuries, 3 fatalities, and damaged or destroyed 732 structures. By the end of the year, according to Cal Fire and the US Forest Service, 7,860 fires were recorded, totaling an estimated of 259,823 acres (105,147 hectares) of burned land. state of California as part of the 2019 wildfire season.
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The 2019 California wildfire season was a series of wildfires that burned across the U.S.
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