2015 California wildfires | |
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![]() Smoke from the 2015 California wildfires as seen from space, on August 18, 2015 | |
Statistics[1] | |
Total fires | 8,745 |
Total area | 893,362 acres (3,615 km2) |
Impacts | |
Deaths | 2 firefighters and 7 civilians killed |
Non-fatal injuries | At least 1 |
Damage | ≥4.771 billion (2015 USD)[2][3] |
Map | |
![]() A map of wildfires in California in 2015, using Cal Fire data | |
Season | |
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The 2015 California wildfire season was a series of wildfires that burned across the state of California. By the end of 2015 a total of 8,745 fires were recorded, burning 893,362 acres (3,615 km2) across the state.[1] Approximately 3,159 structures were damaged or destroyed by wildfires, and at least 7 fatalities were recorded.
On September 11, after the Butte Fire exploded from a size of 32,000 acres (129 km2)[4] to 65,000 acres (263 km2), in the Amador and Calaveras counties, Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency.[5]