Tick Fire
Appearance
Tick Fire | |
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Location | Los Angeles County, California |
Coordinates | 34°28′16″N 118°22′03″W / 34.47111°N 118.36750°W |
Statistics | |
Date(s) | October 24, 2019 | – October 31, 2019
Burned area | 4,615 acres (1,868 ha)[1] |
Cause | caused by Santa Ana winds |
Buildings destroyed | 22 |
The Tick Fire was a wildfire. It burned in Los Angeles County, California from October 24, 2019 to October 31, 2019. It burned several thousand acres.[2]
There was a mass evacuation of about 40,000 people from the Santa Clarita valley.[3][4]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Tick Fire". CalFire. 2019-10-31. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
- ↑ Stuart, Gwynedd (2019-10-25). "High Winds Are Fueling the Already Destructive Tick Fire". Los Angeles Magazine. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
- ↑ "Tick fire explodes overnight: 14 Freeway closed, six homes destroyed as battle intensifies". Los Angeles Times. 2019-10-25. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
- ↑ Hipes, Patrick; Hipes, Patrick (2019-10-25). "Tick Fire: Governor Declares State Of Emergency; 14 Freeway Still Closed; 40k Evacuations, 4,300 Acres Burned & 6 Structures Lost – Update". Deadline. Retrieved 2019-10-25.