Before 2008, California had never seen more than a million acres burn in one year, but that year there were over 1.4 million acres burned. Since then, there have been four other million-acre-plus years, with the largest in 2020, when a whopping 4.3 million acres burned.

T housands of personnel—firefighters, first responders, and the National Guard—have turned their attention towards stifling the catastrophic Los Angeles wildfires, some of the worst California has ever seen.

Jan. 25 A new wildfire was reported today at 8:26 a.m. in Los Angeles County. The wildfire has been burning on private land. At this time, there is no information on the containment of the fire and the cause of it remains undetermined.