Day Fire

The Day Fire was a wildfire that burned largely in the Los Padres National Forest in Ventura County, California.

It was the sixth largest wildfire in California history. The fire started on Labor Day, September 4, 2006 and by October 1 had burned over 162,700 acres (658 km2), cost US$70.3 million, and at one point had 4,600 active firefighters. [1] It was completely contained on October 13. [2]

References

  1. ^ "A Ribbon Cut Stubborn Day Fire Down to Size". Reuters. 2006-10-02. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-fire2oct02,1,6201691.story?coll=la-headlines-california&ctrack=1&cset=true. Retrieved 2006-10-02. 
  2. ^ "Day Wildland Fire". InciWeb. http://www.inciweb.org/incident/475/. Retrieved 2006-10-24. 

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Notable California wildfires by size
#1 - Santiago Canyon Fire of 1889: 300,000 acres (469 sq mi; 121,406 ha) est.  · #2 - Cedar Fire: 273,246 acres (427 sq mi; 110,579 ha)  · #3 - Zaca Fire: 240,207 acres (375 sq mi; 97,208 ha)  · #4 - Matilija Fire: 220,000 acres (344 sq mi; 89,031 ha)  · #5 - Witch Fire: 197,990 acres (309 sq mi; 80,124 ha)  · #6 - Marble-Cone Fire: ~178,000 acres (720 km2)  · #7 - Laguna Fire: 175,425 acres (274 sq mi; 70,992 ha)  · #8 - Basin Complex fire: 162,818 acres (254 sq mi; 65,890 ha)  · #9 - Day Fire: 162,700 acres (254 sq mi; 65,842 ha)  · #10 - Station Fire: 160,557 acres (251 sq mi; 64,975 ha)  · #11 - McNally Fire: 150,670 acres (235 sq mi; 60,974 ha)  · #12 - Old Fire (2003): 91,281 acres (143 sq mi; 36,940 ha)  · #13 - Harris Fire: 90,440 acres (141 sq mi; 36,600 ha)  · #14 - Indians Fire: 76,554 acres (120 sq mi; 30,980 ha)  · #15 - Moonlight Fire: 65,000 acres (102 sq mi; 26,305 ha)  · #16 - Sawtooth Complex fire: 61,700 acres (96 sq mi; 24,969 ha)  · #17 - Ranch Fire: 58,401 acres (91 sq mi; 23,634 ha)