Most damaging fires in California historical past: Here is the place the LA fires rank

Wind-driven fires that ignited and shortly swept via Southern California have resulted in not less than 11 deaths, hundreds of constructions destroyed, and sure billions in injury.

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Whereas the Los Angeles fires will not be the most important in state historical past, knowledge from Cal Fireplace exhibits they’ve shortly turn into a number of the most damaging in California.

The 2018 Camp Fireplace is presently essentially the most damaging wildfire in state historical past primarily based on the variety of constructions destroyed.

Because it burned in Butte County, the Camp Fireplace destroyed greater than 18,000 constructions, most of them houses. The fireplace additionally killed 85 individuals, making it the deadliest in state historical past.

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Listed below are the most damaging fires in California historical past primarily based on variety of constructions broken, in keeping with figures offered by CalFire on Jan. 10, 2024.

1. CAMP FIRE – Butte County
Date: November 2018
Trigger: Energy strains
Constructions destroyed: 18,804
Acres burned: 153,336
Deaths: 86

2. TUBBS FIRE – Napa and Sonoma counties
Date: October 2017
Trigger: Electrical
Constructions destroyed: 5,636
Acres burned: 36,807
Deaths: 22

3. PALISADES FIRE – Los Angeles County
Date: January 2025
Trigger: Below investigation
Constructions destroyed: 5,316
Acres burned: 17,234
Deaths: 2

4. EATON FIRE – Los Angeles County
Date: January 2025
Trigger: Below investigation
Constructions destroyed: 4,000+
Acres burned: 10,600
Deaths: 3

5. TUNNEL FIRE – OAKLAND HILLS – Alameda County
Date: October 1991
Trigger: Rekindle
Constructions destroyed: 2,900
Acres burned: 1,600
Deaths: 25

6. CEDAR FIRE – San Diego County
Date: October 2003
Trigger: Human associated
Constructions destroyed: 2,820
Acres burned: 273,246
Deaths: 15

7. NORTH COMPLEX – Butte, Plumas, and Yuma counties
Date: August 2020
Trigger: Lightning
Constructions destroyed: 2,352
Acres burned: 318,935
Deaths: 15

8. VALLEY FIRE – Lake, Napa and Sonoma County
Date: September 2015
Trigger: Electrical
Constructions destroyed: 1,955
Acres burned: 76,067
Deaths: 4

9. WITCH FIRE – San Diego County
Date: October 2007
Trigger: Energy strains
Constructions destroyed: 1,650
Acres burned: 197,990
Deaths: 2

10. WOOLSEY FIRE – Ventura County
Date: November 2018
Trigger: Electrical
Constructions destroyed: 1,643
Acres burned: 96,949
Deaths: 3

11. CARR FIRE – Shasta and Trinity counties
Date: July 2018
Trigger: Human associated
Constructions destroyed: 1,614
Acres burned: 229,651
Deaths: 8

12. GLASS FIRE – Sonoma County
Date: October 2017
Trigger: Undetermined
Constructions destroyed: 1,355
Acres burned: 54,382
Deaths: 3

13. LNU LIGHTNING COMPLEX – Napa, Solano, Sonoma, Yolo, Lake, and Colusa counties
Date: August 2020
Trigger: Lightning/Arson
Constructions destroyed: 1,491
Acres burned: 86,509
Deaths: 6

14. CZU LIGHTNING COMPLEX – Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties
Date: August 2020
Trigger: Lightning
Constructions destroyed: 1,490
Acres burned: 86,509
Deaths: 1

15. NUNS FIRE – Sonoma County
Date: October 2017
Trigger: Energy line
Constructions destroyed: 1,355
Acres burned: 54,382
Deaths: 1

16. DIXIE FIRE – Butte, Plumas, Lassen, and Tehama counties
Date: July 2021
Trigger: Energy line
Constructions destroyed: 1,311
Acres burned: 963,309
Deaths: 1

17. THOMAS FIRE – Ventura and Santa Barbara counties
Date: December 2017
Origin: Energy line
Constructions destroyed: 1,063
Acres burned: 281,893
Deaths: 2

18. CALDOR FIRE – Alpine, Amador, and El Dorado counties
Date: September 2021
Trigger: Below investigation
Constructions destroyed: 1,003
Acres burned: 221,774
Deaths: 1

19. OLD FIRE – San Bernardino County
Date: October 2003
Trigger: Human associated
Constructions destroyed: 1,003
Acres burned: 91,281
Deaths: 6

20. JONES FIRE – Shasta County
Date: October 1999
Trigger: Undetermined
Constructions destroyed: 954
Acres burned: 26,200
Deaths: 1

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