In 2012, 7,950

wildfire A wildfire, forest fire, or a bushfire is an unplanned and uncontrolled fire in an area of Combustibility and flammability, combustible vegetation. Depending on the type of vegetation present, a wildfire may be more specifically identified as a ...

s burned a total of in the

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; these included the massive Rush Fire, which was the tenth-largest wildfire recorded in California in modern times, and the

Ponderosa Fire The Ponderosa Fire was a destructive wildfire during the 2012 California wildfire season. While the fire only burned , it destroyed 133 structures, the most of any fire that year for the state. At the height of the fire on August 24, over 2,3 ...

, which destroyed 133 structures. The

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(Cal Fire) incurred fire suppression costs of US$310 million between July 2012 and June 2013, in addition to wildfire damages of $28.2 million.

List of wildfires

The following is a list of the wildfires that burned more than 1,000 acres (400 hectares), produced significant structural damage or casualties, or were otherwise notable. It is excerpted from Cal Fire's 2012 list of large (≥300 acres) fires, and may not be complete or reflect the most recent information.

References

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