The Bobcat Fire was a fire that started on September 6, 2020 as part of the 2020 California wildfire season. By December 18, it was fully contained and had burned 115,796 acres in the central San Gabriel Mountains, in and around the Angeles National Forest.

Why do they call it the Bobcat Fire?

The bobcat was nursed back to health and prepped for release by a volunteer at the Sierra Wildlife Rescue in Placerville, California. Chips was found August 24 by the crew on the fire that inspired the name of the bobcat, the Chips Fire, burning on the Lassen and Plumas National forests in California.

How did the Bobcat Fire start 2020?

The Bobcat Fire burning in the Angeles National Forest on October 5, 2020. The 115,796-acre Bobcat Fire may have been caused by vegetation coming into contact with a Southern California Edison overhead conductor, the company said Monday in a letter to the California Public Utilities Commission.