![]() ![]() On August 18, Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency, and on August 19, 2020, reported that the state was battling 367 known fires, many sparked by intense thunderstorms on August 16–17 caused by moisture from the remnants of Tropical Storm Fausto. The intensity of the fire season has been attributed to a combination of more than a century of poor forest management and higher temperatures resulting from climate change. The fires destroyed over 10,000 structures and cost over $12.079 billion (2020 USD) in damages, including over $10 billion in property damage and $2.079 billion in fire suppression costs. California's August Complex fire has been described as the first "gigafire", burning over 1 million acres across seven counties, an area larger than the state of Rhode Island. By the end of the year, 9,917 fires had burned 4,397,809 acres (1,779,730 ha), more than 4% of the state's roughly 100 million acres of land, making 2020 the largest wildfire season recorded in California's modern history (according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection), though roughly equivalent to the pre-1800 levels which averaged around 4.4 million acres yearly and up to 12 million in peak years. The 2020 California wildfire season, part of the 2020 Western United States wildfire season, was a record-setting year of wildfires in California. An Augsatellite image of the wildfires burning in Northern California, covering a significant portion of California and nearby states. Click on aircraft icons to see details.Five of the twenty largest wildfires in California history were part of the 2020 wildfire season. Flightradar24 (Shows aircraft, including some firefighting fixed wing and helicopters, but not all.Move your cursor to see estimated wind direction and speed at that spot.) Zoom Earth (Shows wildfires and wind speed and direction, and disclaims accuracy.To return to see all cameras you are interested in click on "Camera Management." To learn how to use all features on the ALERT California website, watch its Tutorial Video. ![]() To find cameras for your area of interest, zoom in on the map to include only the icons for cameras you are interested in seeing views from, then to see views from a specific camera click on its icon on the map then click on the hyperlink in the label that pops up, or, click on the image from the camera on the right. ![]() ALERT California shows you real time views from wildfire cameras.Other websites that can help you understand wildfire conditions like wind direction and speed, and to some degree the air support working on suppression, are (note, some disclaim accuracy): InciWeb California Fire Incidents web page (Focus is on fires on Federal land.).CAL FIRE's Current Fire Information web page(Active fires have a red icon, old fires gray.).Some inaccuracies, but very helpful information.) Dots/detections older than 48 hours are removed from the map. Satellite heat-detection-dot colors mean: red = within last 12 hours, orange = within 12 to 24 hours, yellow = 24 to 48 hours. National Wildfire Coordinating Group's active fires map (Wait for data to load.It can take time for these sites to post information on new fires. ![]()
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