Williams Fire
The 2002 Williams Fire was a large wildfire in Los Angeles County, California. After igniting on September 22, the fire burned 38,094 acres before it was declared fully contained on October 1. The Williams Fire destroyed dozens of structures, largely cabins in the Angeles National Forest. It was the third largest…
The record
- Date
- September 22, 2002
- Ended
- October 1, 2002
- Kind
- Wildfire
- Where
- Angeles National Forest
- Country
- United States
What happened
The 2002 Williams Fire was a large wildfire in Los Angeles County, California. After igniting on September 22, the fire burned 38,094 acres before it was declared fully contained on October 1. The Williams Fire destroyed dozens of structures, largely cabins in the Angeles National Forest. It was the third largest wildfire of the 2002 California wildfire season, during which 8,171 individual fires burned a total of 538,216 acres (217,808 ha).
Sources
Wikidata Q131459638 (CC0); text from Wikipedia, “Williams Fire”, CC BY-SA 4.0.