Wildfires California: How did it start? What Was The Reason Behind it?

Wildfires California On January 6, 2025, a wildfire erupted near Pacific Palisades, quickly spreading across Los Angeles due to strong Santa Ana winds. The fire devastated 38,000 acres, destroying over 12,000 buildings and displacing 180,000 people. Factors like drought and mountain wave effects contributed to its rapid expansion, making it one of the most destructive fires in history.

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Wildfires California:

on January 6, 2025, a fire started in the California mountains (Pacific Palisades), and in a few minutes, mountains were unseen if we consider satellite images. The first fire origin in the Pacific Palisades mountains after a few hours, it spread to Getty, Skirball, Hearst, Eaton, and San Fernando, when the fire erupted, the wind speed was 100/km, and the direction of this wind towards the ocean.

this fire has brunt 38000 acres of land (150), 12000 buildings were destroyed, and more than 180000 people left their homes this fire was the most destructive in the history of America.

However, the American military forces used waterbombers that could produce 45000 liters of water at one time, but there was no control over this wildfire.

What are the causes of wildfires in the United States?

do you know these wildfires Wildfires California are common in the USA if we consider the past 25 years of data, one thing we can say surely is that California is the hotspot of wildfires. more than 20+ wildfires California has faced, if we look at the chart, one thing that is common in all these wildfires is they erupt in the winter season, and the present wildfire also erupts in peak winter.

What Was The Reason Behind it?

the reason behind these wildfires is SANTA ANA WINDS (The name Santa Ana winds comes from the Santa Ana Canyon in Orange County, one of the many locations where the winds blow intensely…) How did these winds become the reason for this phenomenon? these winds are commonly cold and hot winds these winds are waves in southern California and Bhaha, California, Wildfires California most of the eastern side of California is covered with “MOJAVE DESERT” OR “GREAT BASIN.” that desert temperature makes the wind very highly pressurized, and the other side of California is the ocean as we know here mostly the is not so much pressurized. We all know that air is always going from high temperature to low temperature; the high-pressurized winds go for the low-pressurized ocean side in this journey they make the land very dry, and also all the trees and grass. when the fire erupts, it can easily cover the all land.