Below is a list of all fires that exceeded 1,000 acres (400 ha) during the 2017 California wildfire season, as well as the fires that caused significant damage. [21] The information is taken from CAL FIRE's list of large fires, and other sources where indicated.

Throughout 2017, the fires destroyed or damaged more than 10,000 structures in the state (destroyed 9,470, damaged 810), a higher tally than the previous nine years combined. In total 9,133 fires burned 1,248,606 acres.

The October 2017 Northern California wildfires, also known as the Northern California firestorm, North Bay Fires, and the Wine Country Fires [7] were a series of 250 wildfires that started burning across the state of California, United States, beginning in early October. Twenty-one became major fires that burned at least 245,000 acres (99,148 ha).

The Tubbs Fire was a wildfire in Northern California during October 2017. At the time, the Tubbs Fire was the most destructive wildfire in California history, [ 7 ] [ 1 ] burning parts of Napa , Sonoma , and Lake counties, inflicting its greatest losses in the city of Santa Rosa .

Apr 25, 2024 · Fanned by the Santa Ana winds in the south and the Diablo winds in the north, California wildfires killed 40 people, burned over a million acres, and caused one billion dollars in losses in 2017. This infographic shows the destruction caused by the 2017 California wildfires.

Jan 28, 2025 · Big utilities have been determined to be the cause of some of California’s worst fires. ... in the Creek fire case that Edison failed to comply with the 1997 agreement following the 2017 fire ...

May 25, 2018 · Beginning on October 8, 2017, several major wildfires spread through Napa, Sonoma, Butte, Humboldt, Mendocino, and Del Norte Counties, as well as in the areas surrounding Grass Valley and Yuba City. CAL FIRE is the first responder and determines the sources of ignition of the fires and the way that the fires spread.

Thousands of acres burned and threatened infrastructure as strong winds fueled the fast-moving fires, primarily in Northern California. The wildfires burned more than 245,000 acres, destroyed 8,900 structures and were responsible for 43 deaths.

Wildfires began burning in numerous counties across the entire state of California on October 9th. These fires have prompted mass evacuations, over 190,000 acres and 1,500 structures have been burned. Key infrastructure is threatened as strong …

Feb 1, 2019 · A series of large wildfires began over the terrain north of San Francisco, California, during the evening of 8 October 2017 and spread across nearly 250,000 acres, including areas near the towns of Santa Rosa and Napa.