SCU Lightning Complex fires
The SCU Lightning Complex fires were wildfires that burned in the Diablo Range in California in August and September 2020 as part of the 2020 California wildfire season. The fire complex consisted of fires in Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa, San Joaquin, Merced, and Stanislaus counties. The name is derived from…
Where it happened
Diablo Range, as Wikidata places it.
- Wildfires
The record
- Date
- August 16, 2020
- Ended
- September 17, 2020
- Kind
- Wildfire
- Where
- Diablo Range
- Country
- United States
- Injured
- 5
What happened
The SCU Lightning Complex fires were wildfires that burned in the Diablo Range in California in August and September 2020 as part of the 2020 California wildfire season. The fire complex consisted of fires in Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa, San Joaquin, Merced, and Stanislaus counties. The name is derived from the three-letter designation given to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection division responsible for the Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa, and parts of San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties, and the complex consisted of several distinct fires occurring in this region.
From Wikipedia, “SCU Lightning Complex fires”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sources
Wikidata Q99217485 (CC0); text from Wikipedia, “SCU Lightning Complex fires”, CC BY-SA 4.0.