What starts wildfires in San Diego County? We crunched the data. Here’s what it shows — and what it doesn’t.
The causes of about 45% of fires handled by Cal Fire in County from 2019 through 2023 are either ‘undetermined’ or classified as ‘other.’ ...
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Multiple wildfires in San Diego County under investigation, causes undetermined
SAN DIEGO — Multiple wildfires that have erupted across San Diego County in recent weeks are ... Robert Johnson of Cal Fire. The start of the Border 2 Fire was captured by a UC San Diego camera ...
What starts wildfires in San Diego County? Here’s what we know — and don’t know
It could take weeks or months for the public to know what caused the fire that last month charred 6,600 acres in the Otay Mountain Wilderness as local Cal Fire ... in San Diego County from the past ...
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The LA County fires devastated homes in the wildland-urban interface. Here’s what that is
Judson Boomhower, assistant professor in the economics department of UC San Diego, on the wildland urban interface Since 2018, Cal Fire ... fires in Los Angeles County this year — the Palisades ...
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Snow shuts down major California freeway just days after an LA County fire closed it
Meanwhile, Santa Barbara County ... of San Diego near the Mexico border. The blaze, which started Thursday afternoon, was 43% contained on Monday after burning more than 6,600 acres of wildland.
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Why California keeps putting homes where fires burn
“You really hate to take areas off the table for building homes,” said Judson Boomhower, a UC San Diego environmental ... built in areas deemed by CalFire to be at high risk.
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The LA County fires devastated homes in the wildland urban interface. Here’s what that is.
Judson Boomhower, assistant professor in the economics department of UC San Diego, on the wildland urban interface Since 2018, Cal Fire, the state’s fire agency ... including the two largest fires in ...