2024 California wildfires | |
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Statistics[1][2] | |
Total fires | 7,631[1] |
Total area | 1,040,146 acres (420,932 ha)[1] |
Impacts | |
Deaths | 1[2] |
Non-fatal injuries | 17+ |
Structures destroyed | 1,680 (397 damaged)[2] |
Season | |
← 2023
2025 → |
The 2024 California wildfire season is an ongoing series of wildfires that have been burning throughout the U.S. state of California. As of November 15, 2024[update], a total of 7,668 wildfires have burned a cumulative 1,040,146 acres (420,932 ha). Year-to-date, the number of wildfires and the number of acres burned are higher than the five-year average.[3] Wildfires have destroyed 1,680 structures and killed one person in the state in 2024. The severity of this season with regards to acres burnt has not been seen since the 2021 season.