On Tuesday, the fourth day of dry, windy weather across much of California, 11 wildfires of more than 300 acres were burning in the state — and two were more than 15,000 acres.
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The map above shows the location of the largest fires that were burning at the start of Tuesday; by the evening, three were completely contained.
Below are the latest figures from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection:
1/ Post, started June 15; 15,690 acres, 31% contained
2/ Sites, started June 17; 15,565 acres, 5% contained
3/ Aero, started June 17; 5,425 acres, 23% contained
4/ Point, started June 16; 1,207 acres, 50% contained
5/ Hesperia, started June 15; 1,078 acres, 91% contained
6/ Junes, started June 15; 1,056 acres, 100% contained
7/ Lisa, started June 16; 890 acres, 100% contained
8/ Hernandez, started June 15; 642 acres, 80% contained
9/ Tuscany, started June 17; 350 acres, 90% contained
10/ Max, started June 16; 338 acres, 100% contained
11/ Douglas, started June 17; 327 acres, 0% contained
