Day Fire

Day Fire
Day Fire as seen via MODIS satellite on September 19.
Date(s)
  • September 4, 2006 (2006-09-04) –
  • October 13, 2006 (2006-10-13)
LocationTopatopa Mountains,
Los Padres National Forest,
Ventura County,
California
Statistics[1][2]
Burned area162,702 acres (658 km2)
Impacts
Damage$70.3 million (2006 USD)
Ignition
CauseArson
Perpetrator(s)Steven Emory Butcher

The Day Fire was a devastating wildfire that burned 162,702 acres (658 km2) of land in the Topatopa Mountains, within the Los Padres National Forest in Ventura County, southern California.

  1. ^ "Schizophrenic Transient Ordered to Pay $101M for Starting 2006 Day Fire". NBC Los Angeles. July 17, 2009. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
  2. ^ "Top 20 Largest California Wildfires" (PDF). CAL FIRE. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 15, 2018. Retrieved December 23, 2017.