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Woolsey Fire (2018): A Catastrophe Exposes Systemic Gaps When the Woolsey Fire ignited on November 8, 2018, it quickly became an "epic" wildfire that overwhelmed the region's emergency response ...
By 7:30 p.m., the Hill fire was being battled by 400 personnel while only 150 firefighters from three agencies were on the Woolsey fire, according to incident updates released by fire officials.
The Mountain fire could have been a second coming of the 2018 Woolsey fire or even the 2017 Thomas fire — if not for a few conditions that changed on the ground last week.
The fast-moving Woolsey Fire burned 96,949 acres in Ventura and Los Angeles counties in November 2018, destroying 1,634 structures and causing three deaths.
Woolsey Fire: Here’s what burned—and what’s still standing [Curbed LA] In 1961, the Bel Air-Brentwood Fire burned more than 500 structures [Curbed LA] Foursquare ...
The Woolsey Fire ignited Thursday afternoon in Simi Valley, northeast of Thousand Oaks, not far from where a mass shooting claimed at least 12 lives late Wednesday night.
Before this year’s Eaton and Palisades fires, the Woolsey Fire was L.A. County’s most destructive. Sparked by Southern California Edison power lines in 2018, it killed three people and burned ...
The Woolsey fire, which began just west of Chatsworth on Thursday near Santa Susana Pass, has so far burned more than 98,000 acres and destroyed at least 504 structures, mostly homes.
The Woolsey Fire broke out about 2:25 p.m. Thursday, pushed by strong Santa Ana winds which prevented fire commanders from ordering aerial assaults in the early morning hours.
The Woolsey fire burned 98,362 acres, killed at least three people and left more than 400 structures destroyed, according to Cal Fire. The blaze was only 62 percent contained as of Friday.
The wind-whipped Woolsey fire that erupted Thursday and has forced evacuations from Agoura Hills to Malibu may have a strange name, but there’s a logical reason.. The quick-moving blaze, which ...
Fire crews were making progress on the Woolsey Fire with Cal Fire reporting Sunday morning that containment had increased to 10 percent. However, strong Santa Winds were expected to return on ...