| Wolf Fire | |
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 The Wolf Fire's smoke plume, taken by NASA's Terra satellite on June 6, 2002 | |
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| Location | Ventura County, Southern California, United States |
| Coordinates | 34°36′32″N 119°21′54″W / 34.609°N 119.365°W |
| Statistics | |
| Burned area | 21,645 acres (8,759 ha; 34 sq mi; 88 km2) |
| Impacts | |
| Non-fatal injuries | 4 |
| Structures destroyed | 6 |
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| Ignition | |
| Cause | Firearms |
| Map | |
 The footprint of the Wolf Fire in the Los Padres National Forest north of Ojai, California | |
  The general location of the Wolf Fire in Ventura County, California | |
The Wolf Fire was a large wildfire in Southern California's Ventura County, north of the city of Ojai, in June 2002. The fire, ignited on June 1 by the careless use of firearms for target shooting in dry grass, burned 21,645 acres (8,759 hectares) and destroyed six structures before it was completely contained on June 14. Containing the fire cost $15 million (equivalent to $24 million in 2023). No deaths or serious injuries occurred, but the fire impacted parts of the Sespe Wilderness and the Los Padres National Forest, closing roads and campgrounds while threatening Native American cultural sites and wildlife habitat. The Wolf Fire was the sixth largest fire of the 2002 California wildfire season, during which 8,171 wildfires burned more than half a million acres (200,000 ha).