Chris Juliann

California Wildfire Acres Burned By Year 2025 By Year. Wildfires took scores of lives in california in 2018, the deadliest fire year in the state’s recent history. Wildfires are always possible in california, however, during the dry, hot months of spring, summer, and early fall, the risk is greatest.

Local time tuesday and burned 21,317 acres as of friday afternoon, with about 8% contained, according to the california department. To put the wildfire destruction in california into perspective, here are seven statistics to help understand the damage they have inflicted.