An usually wet winter and spring in early 2017 caused vegetation to flourish. Several factors came together to make the blaze difficult to control. As of December 20, the fire was still spreading along the northern edge of the burn scar.Īuthorities reported that more than 1,200 structures-most of them in Ventura County-have been destroyed. Flames then pushed west toward Summerland, Montecito, and Santa Barbara. Firefighters put up a fierce fight and managed to prevent flames from descending into the valley towns. The fire raged first near Ventura, then burned the hills around communities of Ojai and Oak View. The natural-color Landsat 8 image was draped over an ASTER-derived Global Digital Elevation Model, which shows the topography of the area. The Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 captured an image of the Thomas fire scar on December 18, 2017. That made it the second largest fire on record in California, trailing only the Cedar fire, which burned 273,246 acres in 2003. After burning for 16 days, the massive fire had scorched 272,000 acres (110,000 hectares or 425 square miles) and was just 60 percent contained. In 2017, the Thomas fire shattered the record for December and may soon eclipse the worst blaze in any month. The 2006 Shekell fire in Ventura charred 13,600 acres, making it the largest December fire in the state between 20. In most years, a few hundreds acres might burn. Geological Survey, the National Weather Service and more.It is rare for large wildfires to burn in California in December, which is usually a wet month for the state. Direct Relief’s map updates every hour based on data from NASA satellite sources, the U.S. As a public service, Direct Relief’s research and analytics team created a dynamically-updating map with layers like evacuation zones, wind direction, structures destroyed and other data for the Thomas Fire and other fires burning in the region. Wildfires are actively burning throughout the region, with firefighters keeping a particularly wary watch on the Thomas Fire in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties, which has prompted several large scale evacuations. With Thomas Fire Unfolding, Direct Relief-Engineered Map Dynamically Updates Region By Lara Cooper The wildfires raging in Southern California remain a dynamic and potentially dangerous situation for nearby communities. If Direct Relief requests a change to or removal of republished Direct Relief content from a site or on-air, the republisher must comply.įor any additional questions about republishing Direct Relief content, please email the team here.Direct Relief's work is prohibited from populating web pages designed to improve rankings on search engines or solely to gain revenue from network-based advertisements.Īdvance permission is required to translate Direct Relief's stories into a language different from the original language of publication.Republishers may not sell Direct Relief's content.Do not state or imply that donations to any third-party organization support Direct Relief's work.Contact Direct Relief for permission to use images in which Direct Relief is not credited in the caption by clicking here. For example: "First and Last Name / Direct Relief."ĭirect Relief often contracts with freelance photographers who usually, but not always, allow their work to be published by Direct Relief’s media partners. Credit the photographer and Direct Relief in the caption.Unless stated otherwise, images shot by Direct Relief may be republished for non-commercial purposes with proper attribution, given the republisher complies with the requirements identified below. If republished stories are shared on social media, Direct Relief appreciates being tagged in the posts:
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