Silver Fire
The Silver Fire was a wildfire that burned in the San Jacinto Mountains south of Banning and Cabazon in Riverside County, California in August 2013. The fire, which started close to Poppet Flats Road near Highway 243, was first reported on Wednesday, August 7, 2013, at around 2:05 pm, just south of Banning. By…
Where it happened
San Jacinto Mountains, as Wikidata places it.
- Wildfires
The record
- Date
- August 7, 2013
- Ended
- August 12, 2013
- Kind
- Wildfire
- Where
- San Jacinto Mountains
- Country
- United States
What happened
The Silver Fire was a wildfire that burned in the San Jacinto Mountains south of Banning and Cabazon in Riverside County, California in August 2013. The fire, which started close to Poppet Flats Road near Highway 243, was first reported on Wednesday, August 7, 2013, at around 2:05 pm, just south of Banning. By Friday, August 9, the wildfire was a reported 18,000 acres (7,300 ha) in size and Gov. Jerry Brown had declared a state of emergency in the fire area.
Sources
Wikidata Q41603901 (CC0); text from Wikipedia, “Silver Fire”, CC BY-SA 4.0.