Klamathon Fire
The Klamathon Fire was a wildfire in Siskiyou County south of Hornbrook, California in the United States. The fire was reported on July 5, 2018 and was contained on July 21, after burning 38,008 acres (154 km2). The fire threatened private timber lands along the California-Oregon border; public lands in the Klamath…
Where it happened
Hornbrook, as Wikidata places it.
- Wildfires
The record
- Date
- July 5, 2018
- Ended
- July 21, 2018
- Kind
- Wildfire
- Where
- Hornbrook
- Country
- United States
- Deaths
- 1
What happened
The Klamathon Fire was a wildfire in Siskiyou County south of Hornbrook, California in the United States. The fire was reported on July 5, 2018 and was contained on July 21, after burning 38,008 acres (154 km2). The fire threatened private timber lands along the California-Oregon border; public lands in the Klamath National Forest; Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest; Jackson County, Oregon; communities of Hornbrook and Hilt, California; and Colestin, Oregon. It destroyed 82 structures, damaged 12 structures, injured three firefighters, and killed one civilian.
Sources
Wikidata Q55616083 (CC0); text from Wikipedia, “Klamathon Fire”, CC BY-SA 4.0.