There are no active fires in California. To date, 8,619 wildfires have burned almost 2.6 million acres this year. There have been three fatalities and 3,629 structures have been damaged or destroyed. … The majority of these large fires in California have happened in the last two years, with three happening in 2021.

Is there a wildfire in California right now?

There are no active fires in California. To date, 8,619 wildfires have burned almost 2.6 million acres this year. There have been three fatalities and 3,629 structures have been damaged or destroyed. … The majority of these large fires in California have happened in the last two years, with three happening in 2021.

Where did the 2020 California wildfires occur?

The 4.2 million acres burned last year is equivalent to the entire area of Los Angeles, Orange, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties combined. The state’s first giga-fire — the August Complex — alone consumed one million acres in the northern Coast Range.