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September 2020 Western United States wildfires
September 2020 Western United States wildfires
	September 9 satellite image of the wildfires burning in California and Oregon
Date(s)	July 24, 2020 – ongoing
Location	Western United States
Statistics
Total fires	100+
Total area	2,936,955 acres (1,188,544 ha)
Impacts
Deaths	35
Non-fatal injuries	unknown
Structures destroyed	4,265
Damage	>$819.95 million (2020 USD)

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The September 2020 Western United States wildfires are a series of major wildfire events currently active throughout the Western United States that had major impacts in the month of September, especially in the states of California, Oregon, and Washington. In August, severe thunderstorms triggered numerous wildfires across California, Oregon, and Washington. In September, more fires were ignited across the U.S. West Coast. Fanned by strong, gusty winds, many of the fires rapidly exploded to unprecedented and record-breaking sizes.^[4] The fires have killed at least 35 people, and burned more than 4.6 million acres (1.9 million hectares) of land.^[3]^[5] According to scientists, climate change is one of the factors for the fires in California.^[6]

Background

Save for areas on or near the northern and southern extents of the Pacific coast, North America tends to be wetter in the East and drier in the West. Record dry weather struck the West Coast of the United States in late 2019, extending to January and February 2020, prompting initial concerns from the state government, and the press; similar conditions were reported throughout the west coast as well.^[7]^[8]^[9] On March 22, a state of emergency was declared by California Governor Gavin Newsom due to a mass die-off of trees throughout the state, potentially increasing the risk of wildfire; Oregon officially declared the start of their wildfire season that same month.^[10]^[11] Despite light rain in late March and April, severe drought conditions persisted, and were predicted to last late into the year, due to a delayed wet season.^[12] After fires began in Washington in April, several more fires occurred throughout the West Coast, prompting burn ban restrictions in the Washington and Oregon, come July.^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^{[excessive citations]}

United States agencies stationed at the National Interagency Fire Center in Idaho maintain a "National Large Incident Year-to-Date Report" on wildfires, deliniating 10 subnational areas, aggregating the regional and national totals of burn size, fire suppression cost, and razed structure count, among other data. As of the 11th of September, 2020, "Coordination Centers" of each geography report the following:^[1]

Note: Check primary sources for up-to-date statistics.

Coordination Center	Acres	Hectares	Supression Costs	Structures Destroyed
Alaska Interagency	171,045.7	69,219.7	$14,837,241.00	8
Northwest Area	1,635,089.1	661,697.1	$174,895,726.34	1,471
Northern California Area	3,189,207.0	1,290,626.3	$696,600,139.85	3,573
Southern California Area	731,922.5	296,198.5	$357,248,752.00	690
Northern Rockies	308,730.8	124,938.9	$51,663,805.00	158
Great Basin	625,736.2	253,226.5	$161,321,942.00	149
Southwest Area	951,109.6	384,900.4	$182,931,964.96	48
Rocky Mountain Area	477,084.7	193,069.3	$142,880,480.34	19
Eastern Area	10,071.8	4,075.9	$491,898.58	18
Southern Area	986,994.3	399,422.4	$14,542,789.11	309
Totals^[a]	9,086,991.6	3,677,375.0	$1,797,414,739.18	6,443

^ Year-to-date totals as of 11 September, 2020

Initial outbreaks and state of emergency declarations

California was the first to prepare, with Governor Gavin Newsom declaring a state of emergency on March 22.^[10] April saw the beginning of wildfires in the west coast, as Washington experiences two fires: the Stanwood Bryant Fire in Snohomish County (70 acres) and the Porter Creek Fire in Whatcom County (80 acres).^[20] The Oregon Department of Forestry declared fire season beginning July 5, 2020, signaling the end of unregulated debris burning outdoors, a major cause of wildfires.^[19]

Between July 16 and July 30, the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and many county governments – including Mason, Thurston, King, Pierce and Whatcom Counties – issued fire safety burn bans due to elevated risk of uncontrolled fires.^[13]^[14]^[15]^[21]^[17]^[18] In late July, a brush fire in Chelan County, the Colockum Fire, burned at least 3,337 acres (1,350 ha) and caused homes to be evacuated.^[22] A fire on the Colville Reservation near Nespelem called the Greenhouse Fire burned at least 5,146 acres (2,083 ha) and caused the evacuation of the Colville Tribal Corrections Facility and other structures.^[23]^[24]

Between August 14 and August 16, Northern California was subjected to record-breaking warm temperatures,^[25]^[26]^[27] due to anomalously strong high pressure over the region. Early on August 15, the National Weather Service for San Francisco issued a Fire Weather Watch^[28] highlighting the risk of wildfire starts due to the combination of lightning risk due to moist, unstable air aloft, dry fuels, and hot temperatures near the surface. Later that day, the Fire Weather Watch was upgraded to a Red Flag Warning,^[29] noting the risk of abundant lightning already apparent as the storms moved toward the region from the south.

In mid-August, the remnants of Tropical Storm Fausto interacted with the jet stream, resulting in a large plume of moisture moving northward towards the West Coast of the U.S., triggering a massive siege of lightning storms in Northern California, and setting the conditions for wildfires elsewhere.^[25]^[26]^[27]^[30]^[31] Due to abnormal wind patterns, this plume streamed from up to 1,000 miles (1,600 km) off the coast of the Baja Peninsula into Northern California. This moisture then interacted with a high-pressure ridge situated over Nevada that was bringing a long-track heat wave to much of California and the West.^[32] These colliding weather systems then created excessive atmospheric instability that generated massive thunderstorms throughout much of Northern and Central California. Such thunderstorms are rare for California, but were more typical of Midwest garden-variety storms, with one location near Travis Air Force Base going from around 80 °F (27 °C) to 100 °F (38 °C) in nearly 1–2 hours.^[33] Additionally, much of these storms were only accompanied with dry lightning and produced little to no rain, making conditions very favorable for wildfires to spark and spread rapidly.^[34]

As a result of the fires, on August 19, Governors Kate Brown and Jay Inslee declared a state of emergency for Oregon and Washington respectively.^[35]^[36]

Fires

By August 20, the Palmer Fire near Oroville, Washington – which started August 18 – had reached 13,000 acres (5,300 ha) and forced evacuation of up to 85 homes.^[37]^[38] The largest of the fires in the Olympics reached 2.4 acres (0.97 ha) by August 20.^[39]

The Evans Canyon Fire, a few miles north of Naches, began around August 31 and expanded to tens of thousands of acres, shut down Washington State Route 821 in the Yakima River Canyon, burned several homes and caused hundreds of families to evacuate, and caused unhealthy air quality in Yakima County.^[40] By September 6, it had burned almost 76,000 acres.^[41]

The August 2020 lightning fires include three of the largest wildfires in the recorded history of California: the SCU Lightning Complex, the August Complex, and the LNU Lightning Complex. On September 10, 2020, the August Complex became the single-largest wildfire in the recorded history of California, reaching a total area burned of 471,185 acres (1,907 km²). Then, on September 11, it merged with the Elkhorn Fire, another massive wildfire of 255,039 acres (1,032 km²), turning the August Complex into a monster wildfire of 746,607 acres (3,021 km²).^[42]

In early September 2020, a combination of a record-breaking heat wave, and Diablo and Santa Ana winds sparked more fires and explosively grew active fires, with the August Complex surpassing the 2018 Mendocino Complex to become California's largest recorded wildfire.^[42] The North Complex increased in size as the winds fanned it westward, threatening the city of Oroville, and triggering mass evacuations.^[43] During the first week in September, the 2020 fire season set a new California record for the most area burned in a year at 2 million acres.^[44] As of September 13, 3.2 million acres had burned in the state.^[45]

On September 7, a "historic fire event" with high winds resulted in 80 fires and nearly 300,000 acres burned in a day. Malden, in the Palouse Country of Eastern Washington, was mostly destroyed by one of the fires.^[46] By the evening of September 8, the Cold Springs Canyon and adjacent Pearl Hill Fires had burned over 337,000 acres (136,000 ha) and neither was more than 10% contained.^[47] Smoke blanketed the Seattle area on September 8 and caused unhealthy air conditions throughout the Puget Sound region, and affected Southwest British Columbia.^[48]^[49]

The cities of Phoenix and Talent in Oregon were substantially destroyed by the Almeda Drive Fire. State-wide, at least 23 people have been killed.^[50]^[51] On September 11, authorities said they were preparing for a mass fatality incident.^[52] As of September 11, 600 homes and 100 commercial buildings have been destroyed by the Almeda Drive Fire.^[53] Officials stated that the Almeda Drive Fire was human-caused.^[53] On September 11, a man was arrested for arson, for allegedly starting a fire that destroyed multiple homes in Phoenix and merged with the Almeda Drive Fire.^[54] A separate criminal investigation into the origin point of the Almeda Drive Fire in Ashland is ongoing.^[54]

Evacuation

As of September 11, about 40,000 people in Oregon, had been instructed to evacuate, and 500,000, accounting for about 10% of the state's population, had received instructions to prepare for evacuation, being under a Level 1, 2, or 3 fire evacuation alert.^[55]^[56]

Obstacles to fire control

The Government of California's video about COVID-19 protocols in place at wildfire evacuation centers.

Rumors about Antifa involvement

Rumors were spread on social media that Antifa activists, supposedly involved in the arson and rioting accompanying the nearby George Floyd protests in Portland, Oregon were deliberately setting fires, and were preparing to loot property that was being evacuated. Some residents refused to evacuate based on the rumors, choosing to "defend their homes" from the alleged invasion. Authorities pleaded with residents to ignore the rumors.^[57] QAnon followers participated in the misinformation, with one claim that six Antifa activists had been arrested for setting fires amplified by Q specifically.^[58]^[59] Days earlier, U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr had amplified social media rumors of preceding months that planes and buses full of antifa activists were preparing to invade communities, allegedly funded by George Soros.^[60]^[61]^[62]^[63]^[64]^[65]

COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic brought new challenges for firefighters fighting wildfires due to the quick transmission of the disease. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL Fire) implemented new protocols such as wearing face masks and maintaining social distancing while resting. Social distancing made firefighting less effective. Before the pandemic, many firefighters were transported via pickup truck to the fire. Due to the pandemic, only a few are transported at a time currently.^[66]

List of wildfires

The following is a list of fires that burned more than 1,000 acres (400 ha), or produced significant structural damage or casualties.

Name	County	Acres	Start date	Containment date	Notes	Ref
Blue Jay	Mariposa County, California, Tuolumne County, California	3,350	July 24	20% contained as of September 10	Lightning-sparked	^[67]
Red Salmon Complex	Humboldt County, California, Siskiyou County, California, Trinity County, California	87,849	July 26	16% contained as of September 13	Originally started as both the Red and Salmon fire (both started by lightning strikes), but have since merged into one fire	^[68]^[69]
August Complex (South Zone)	Glenn County, California, Mendocino County, California, Lake County, California, Tehama County, California, Trinity County, California	622,168	August 16	28% contained, as of September 12	Lightning strikes started 37 fires, several of which grew to large sizes, especially the Doe Fire; 1 firefighter injury; 1 firefighter fatality. It became the largest fire complex in California history and combined with the Elkhorn Fire on September 10.	^[70]^[71]
Rattlesnake	Tulare County, California	1,441	August 16	0% contained, as of September 10	Lightning sparked a slow-growing fire in inaccessible terrain.	^[72]
Lionshead	Jefferson County, Oregon	138,718	August 16	5% contained, as of September 12		^[73]
Beachie Creek	Linn County, Oregon	188,374	August 16	0% contained, as of September 12		^[74]
Downey Creek	Douglas County, Oregon	2,515	August 16	0% contained, as of September 13		^[75]
White River	Wasco County, Oregon	17,383	August 17	70% contained, as of September 11		^[76]
P-515	Jefferson County, Oregon	4,609	September 7	95% contained, as of September 11		^[77]
August Complex (North & West Zones/Elkhorn Fire)	Tehama County, California, Trinity County, California	255,309	August 17	29% contained as of September 12	Lightning strikes, 14 structures destroyed;1 structure damaged; 1 injury. Southern segment of the fire perimeter eventually merged into the August Complex, while the western front of the fire absorbed the Hopkins, Vinegar Peak and Willow Basin Fires, all of which are now managed under the Elkhorn Complex. It is the ninth largest fire in California history.	^[78]
North Complex	Plumas County, California, Butte County, California, Yuba County, California	258,802	August 17	26% contained, as of September 13	Lightning strikes, includes the Claremont Fire and the Bear Fire; 2,000 structures destroyed; 10 fatalities; 13 injuries; It is the tenth-largest fire complex in California history.	^[79]^[80]
Dolan	Monterey County, California	117,242	August 18	40% contained, as of September 13	Cause not officially determined; however, a suspect was charged with arson in connection to the fire^[81]	^[82]
SQF Complex	Tulare County, California	89,471	August 19	12% contained, as of September 13	Lightning-sparked, contains the Castle Fire and the Shotgun Fire	^[83]
Slink	Mono County, California	26,440	August 29	54% contained, as of September 13	Lightning-sparked	^[84]
Evans Canyon	Kittitas County, Washington	75,817	August 31	90% contained, as of September 12		^[85]
Creek	Fresno County, California, Madera County, California	201,908	September 4	8% contained, as of September 13	369 structures destroyed, 12 structures damaged; 12 injuries; 1 fatality	^[86]^[87]^[88]
El Dorado	Riverside County, California, San Bernardino County, California	14,283	September 5	41% contained, as of September 13	Sparked by a pyrotechnic device at a gender reveal party. 10 structures destroyed, 6 structures damaged	^[89]^[90]
Valley	San Diego County, California	17,665	September 5	87% contained, as of September 13	51 structures destroyed, 11 structures damaged, 2 injuries	^[91]
Bobcat	Los Angeles County, California	33,312	September 6	6% contained, as of September 13	Unknown cause	^[92]
Cold Springs	Okanogan County, Washington	188,852	September 6	45% contained, as of September 13	1 fatality	^[93]^[94]
Oak	Mendocino County, California	1,100	September 7	90% contained, as of September 13	Unknown cause, 25 structures destroyed, 20 structures damaged	^[95]
Slater/Devil	Siskiyou County, California, Del Norte County, California, Josephine County, Oregon	130,482	September 7	5% contained, as of September 13	2 fatalities, 1 structure destroyed	^[96]^[97]
Two Four Two	Klamath County, Oregon	14,450	September 7	10% contained, as of September 13		^[98]
Brattain	Lake County, Oregon	8,000	September 7	0% contained, as of September 11		^[99]
Holiday Farm	Lane County, Oregon	161,872	September 7	5% contained, as of September 13	1 fatality	^[100]
Echo Mountain Complex	Lake County, Oregon	2,435	September 7	20% contained, as of September 13		^[101]
Babb-Maiden/Manning	Spokane County, Washington	17,951	September 7	0% contained, as of September 12		^[102]
Whitney	Lincoln County, Washington	122,893	September 7	45% contained, as of September 13		^[103]
Inchelium Complex	Ferry County, Washington	18,212	September 7	40% contained, as of September 13		^[104]
Pearl Hill	Douglas County, Washington	223,730	September 7	80% contained, as of September 13		^[105]
Apple Acres	Chelan County, Washington	5,753	September 7	95% contained, as of September 13		^[106]
Fork	El Dorado County, California	1,752	September 8	7% contained, as of September 13		^[107]
South Obenchain	Jackson County, Oregon	30,503	September 8	20% contained, as of September 12		^[108]
Riverside	Clackamas County, Oregon	133,799	September 8	0% contained, as of September 11		^[109]
Big Hollow	Skamania County, Washington	18,110	September 8	0% contained, as of September 12		^[110]
Willow	Yuba County, California	1,311	September 9	75% contained, as of September 12	30 structures destroyed	^[111]
Archie Creek	Douglas County, Oregon	115,857	September 9	10% contained, as of September 13		^[112]
Bullfrog	Fresno County, California	1,200	September 9	0% contained, as of September 13		^[113]
Santiam	Clackamas County, Oregon, Jefferson County, Oregon, Linn County, Oregon, Marion County, Oregon, Wasco County, Oregon	331,701	August 16	2% contained, as of September 12	Includes the Lionshead, Beachie Creek, and P-515 Fires, which merged	^[114]^[77]^[115]

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External links

Current fire information — California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE)
SDSC WiFire Interactive Map — San Diego Supercomputer Center
Active Fire map of United States at nwcg.gov
Washington wildfires, Washington State Department of Natural Resources

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 ===Rumors about Antifa involvement===
-Rumors were spread on social media that [[Antifa (United States)|Antifa]] activists, who were involved in the arson and rioting accompanying the nearby [[George Floyd protests in Portland, Oregon]] were deliberately setting fires, and were preparing to loot property that was being evacuated. Some residents refused to evacuate based on the rumors, choosing to "defend their homes" from the alleged invasion. Authorities pleaded with residents to ignore the rumors.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Healy|first1=Jack|last2=Baker|first2=Mike|title=In Oregon, a Year of Political Tumult Extends to Devastating Wildfires|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/11/us/fires-oregon-antifa-rumors.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 11, 2020|access-date=September 14, 2020|archive-date=September 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200912063918/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/11/us/fires-oregon-antifa-rumors.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[QAnon]] followers participated in the misinformation, with one claim that six Antifa activists had been arrested for setting fires amplified by Q specifically.<ref>{{cite news|last1=O'Sullivan|first1=Donie|last2=Toropin|first2=Konstantin|title=QAnon fans spread fake claims about real fires in Oregon|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/11/tech/qanon-oregon-fire-conspiracy-theory/index.html|website=CNN.com|date=September 11, 2020|access-date=September 14, 2020|archive-date=September 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200912105440/https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/11/tech/qanon-oregon-fire-conspiracy-theory/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Zadrozny|first1=Brandy|last2=Collins|first2=Ben|title=West Coast officials are already fighting wildfires. Now they're fighting misinformation, too.|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/wildfires-rage-false-antifa-rumors-spur-pleas-police-n1239881|website=NBCNews.com|date=September 11, 2020|access-date=September 14, 2020|archive-date=September 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913200349/https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/wildfires-rage-false-antifa-rumors-spur-pleas-police-n1239881|url-status=live}}</ref> Days earlier, [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] and [[United States Attorney General|U.S. Attorney General]] [[Bill Barr]] had amplified social media rumors of preceding months that planes and buses full of antifa activists were preparing to invade communities, allegedly funded by [[George Soros]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Collins|first=Ben|title=Trump's 'plane loaded with thugs' conspiracy theory matches months-old rumor|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-s-plane-loaded-thugs-rumor-matches-months-old-facebook-n1238962|website=NBCNews.com|date=September 1, 2020|access-date=September 14, 2020|archive-date=September 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200912054556/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-s-plane-loaded-thugs-rumor-matches-months-old-facebook-n1238962|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Feldman|first=Josh|title=Trump: 'Weak' Joe Biden Won't Calm Things Down|url=https://www.mediaite.com/tv/trump-weak-biden-wont-calm-things-down-people-that-are-in-the-dark-shadows-are-pulling-his-strings/|website=Mediaite.com|date=August 31, 2020|access-date=September 14, 2020|archive-date=September 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914114450/https://www.mediaite.com/tv/trump-weak-biden-wont-calm-things-down-people-that-are-in-the-dark-shadows-are-pulling-his-strings/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Zadrozny|first1=Brandy|last2=Collins|first2=Ben|title=False antifa rumors about a suburban invasion take over neighborhood social media apps|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/antifa-rumors-spread-local-social-media-no-evidence-n1222486|website=NBCNews.com|date=June 2, 2020|access-date=September 14, 2020|archive-date=September 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200912033037/https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/antifa-rumors-spread-local-social-media-no-evidence-n1222486|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Anglen|first1=Robert|last2=Ruelas|first2=Richard|last3=Longhi|first3=Lorraine|title=Fake social media posts incite fear of suburban marauders, rape and murder across the U.S.|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-investigations/2020/06/05/fake-social-media-posts-incite-arizona-fear-marauders-rape-and-murder/3125894001/|newspaper=[[The Arizona Republic]]|date=June 4, 2020|access-date=September 14, 2020|archive-date=September 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914114449/https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-investigations/2020/06/05/fake-social-media-posts-incite-arizona-fear-marauders-rape-and-murder/3125894001/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Zadrozny|first1=Brandy|last2=Collins|first2=Ben|title=In Klamath Falls, Oregon, victory declared over antifa, which never showed up|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/klamath-falls-oregon-victory-declared-over-antifa-which-never-showed-n1226681|website=NBCNews.com|date=June 6, 2020|access-date=September 13, 2020|archive-date=September 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200912054558/https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/klamath-falls-oregon-victory-declared-over-antifa-which-never-showed-n1226681|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Wolfe|first=Jan|title=U.S. Attorney General Barr says antifa 'flying around' U.S. to incite violence|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-race-barr-police-idUSKBN25T3AI|agency=[[Reuters]]|website=Reuters.com|date=September 3, 2020|access-date=September 14, 2020|archive-date=September 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200910080623/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-race-barr-police-idUSKBN25T3AI|url-status=live}}</ref>
+Rumors were spread on social media that [[Antifa (United States)|Antifa]] activists, supposedly involved in the arson and rioting accompanying the nearby [[George Floyd protests in Portland, Oregon]] were deliberately setting fires, and were preparing to loot property that was being evacuated. Some residents refused to evacuate based on the rumors, choosing to "defend their homes" from the alleged invasion. Authorities pleaded with residents to ignore the rumors.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Healy|first1=Jack|last2=Baker|first2=Mike|title=In Oregon, a Year of Political Tumult Extends to Devastating Wildfires|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/11/us/fires-oregon-antifa-rumors.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 11, 2020|access-date=September 14, 2020|archive-date=September 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200912063918/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/11/us/fires-oregon-antifa-rumors.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[QAnon]] followers participated in the misinformation, with one claim that six Antifa activists had been arrested for setting fires amplified by Q specifically.<ref>{{cite news|last1=O'Sullivan|first1=Donie|last2=Toropin|first2=Konstantin|title=QAnon fans spread fake claims about real fires in Oregon|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/11/tech/qanon-oregon-fire-conspiracy-theory/index.html|website=CNN.com|date=September 11, 2020|access-date=September 14, 2020|archive-date=September 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200912105440/https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/11/tech/qanon-oregon-fire-conspiracy-theory/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Zadrozny|first1=Brandy|last2=Collins|first2=Ben|title=West Coast officials are already fighting wildfires. Now they're fighting misinformation, too.|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/wildfires-rage-false-antifa-rumors-spur-pleas-police-n1239881|website=NBCNews.com|date=September 11, 2020|access-date=September 14, 2020|archive-date=September 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913200349/https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/wildfires-rage-false-antifa-rumors-spur-pleas-police-n1239881|url-status=live}}</ref> Days earlier, [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] and [[United States Attorney General|U.S. Attorney General]] [[Bill Barr]] had amplified social media rumors of preceding months that planes and buses full of antifa activists were preparing to invade communities, allegedly funded by [[George Soros]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Collins|first=Ben|title=Trump's 'plane loaded with thugs' conspiracy theory matches months-old rumor|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-s-plane-loaded-thugs-rumor-matches-months-old-facebook-n1238962|website=NBCNews.com|date=September 1, 2020|access-date=September 14, 2020|archive-date=September 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200912054556/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-s-plane-loaded-thugs-rumor-matches-months-old-facebook-n1238962|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Feldman|first=Josh|title=Trump: 'Weak' Joe Biden Won't Calm Things Down|url=https://www.mediaite.com/tv/trump-weak-biden-wont-calm-things-down-people-that-are-in-the-dark-shadows-are-pulling-his-strings/|website=Mediaite.com|date=August 31, 2020|access-date=September 14, 2020|archive-date=September 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914114450/https://www.mediaite.com/tv/trump-weak-biden-wont-calm-things-down-people-that-are-in-the-dark-shadows-are-pulling-his-strings/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Zadrozny|first1=Brandy|last2=Collins|first2=Ben|title=False antifa rumors about a suburban invasion take over neighborhood social media apps|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/antifa-rumors-spread-local-social-media-no-evidence-n1222486|website=NBCNews.com|date=June 2, 2020|access-date=September 14, 2020|archive-date=September 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200912033037/https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/antifa-rumors-spread-local-social-media-no-evidence-n1222486|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Anglen|first1=Robert|last2=Ruelas|first2=Richard|last3=Longhi|first3=Lorraine|title=Fake social media posts incite fear of suburban marauders, rape and murder across the U.S.|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-investigations/2020/06/05/fake-social-media-posts-incite-arizona-fear-marauders-rape-and-murder/3125894001/|newspaper=[[The Arizona Republic]]|date=June 4, 2020|access-date=September 14, 2020|archive-date=September 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914114449/https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-investigations/2020/06/05/fake-social-media-posts-incite-arizona-fear-marauders-rape-and-murder/3125894001/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Zadrozny|first1=Brandy|last2=Collins|first2=Ben|title=In Klamath Falls, Oregon, victory declared over antifa, which never showed up|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/klamath-falls-oregon-victory-declared-over-antifa-which-never-showed-n1226681|website=NBCNews.com|date=June 6, 2020|access-date=September 13, 2020|archive-date=September 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200912054558/https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/klamath-falls-oregon-victory-declared-over-antifa-which-never-showed-n1226681|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Wolfe|first=Jan|title=U.S. Attorney General Barr says antifa 'flying around' U.S. to incite violence|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-race-barr-police-idUSKBN25T3AI|agency=[[Reuters]]|website=Reuters.com|date=September 3, 2020|access-date=September 14, 2020|archive-date=September 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200910080623/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-race-barr-police-idUSKBN25T3AI|url-status=live}}</ref>
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v t e 2020 wildfires
Asia	Uttarakhand, India Turkey
Europe	Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine
North America	Western United States Arizona Maricopa California August North Complex Orange Skies Day Colorado Nevada New Mexico Oregon Utah Washington Lump Gulch Fire
South America	Córdoba, Argentina Paraná Delta, Argentina Amazon and Pantanal, Brazil
Oceania	Australia 2019–20 2020–21
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v t e California wildfires
Pre-2000	Santiago Canyon (1889) Berkeley (1923) Matilija (1932) Griffith Park (1933) Rattlesnake (1953) Harlow (1961) Bel Air (1961) Loop (1966) Laguna (1970) Marble Cone (1977) Agoura-Malibu (1978) Panorama (1980) 49er (1988) Painted Cave (1990) Tunnel (1991) Fountain (1992) Kinneloa (1993) Laguna (1993) Mount Vision (1995) Jones (1999)
2000	Storrie
2001	Poe
2002	Wolf Copper Biscuit McNally Curve
2003	Old Simi Cedar
2004	Rumsey
2005	Labor Day Topanga
2006	Sawtooth Complex Day Esperanza
2007	Island Angora Zaca Moonlight October 2007 wildfires Harris Witch Santiago Rice Corral
2008	Summit Indians Basin Complex Klamath Theater Complex Gap Telegraph Sesnon Tea Sayre Freeway Complex
2009	Jesusita La Brea Lockheed Station Guiberson
2010	Bull West Crown
2011	Lion Comanche Complex
2012	Reading Chips Barry Point Rush Ponderosa
2013	Summit Springs Powerhouse Mountain Silver Rim Clover
2014	Colby Etiwanda May 2014 San Diego County wildfires Tomahawk Poinsettia Cocos Shirley Butts Bully Happy Camp Complex Meadow King Boles
2015	Round Lake North Wragg Rocky Mad River Complex Humboldt Complex Frog Rough Jerusalem Cuesta Butte Valley Tassajara
2016	Sherpa Border San Gabriel Complex Erskine Trailhead Curry Sand Soberanes Cold Pilot Chimney Clayton Blue Cut Rey Bogart Canyon Loma
2017	Gate Holcomb Schaeffer Salmon August Complex Manzanita Winters Alamo Wall Whittier Garza Detwiler Empire Parker 2 Young Pier Railroad Ponderosa Mud Slinkard Helena La Tuna Palmer Mission October 2017 Northern California wildfires Atlas Tubbs Canyon 2 December 2017 Southern California wildfires Thomas Creek Rye Skirball Lilac
2018	Lions Lane Pawnee Waverly County Klamathon Valley Georges Ferguson Natchez Carr Cranston Mendocino Complex Whaleback Donnell Holy Hirz Delta Camp Woolsey
2019	Sand West Butte Tucker Mountain Tenaja Walker Taboose Lime Red Bank South Lone Sandalwood Saddleridge Nustar Kincade Tick Getty Easy Maria
2020	Quail Grant Crews Soledad Mineral 2020 Lassen County wildfires Gold Loyalton Red Salmon Complex Apple August 2020 lightning wildfires Lake Dome River CZU Lightning Complex SCU Lightning Complex August Complex LNU Lightning Complex North Complex SQF Complex Dolan Creek El Dorado Bobcat Slater/Devil Oak Glass Zogg Silverado Mountain View Bond
2021	Palisades Willow Lava Tennant Salt Beckwourth Complex Tamarack Dixie McFarland Monument River Complex McCash Antelope River Caldor French KNP Complex Windy Fawn
2022	Colorado Electra Washburn Oak McKinney Red Route Border 32 Mill Fairview Mosquito
2023	Rabbit Pika York
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Pre-2000	Yacolt (1902) Tillamook (1933–1951)
2000–2015	Biscuit (2002) B&B (2003) Tumblebug (2009) Lava (2012) Long Draw (2012) Barry Point (2013)
2017	Chetco Bar Cinder Butte Eagle Creek High Cascades Complex Milli Nash Whitewater
2018	Boxcar Graham Jack Knife Klamathon Klondike Long Hollow Miles South Valley Substation
Post-2018	2020 Holiday Farm Santiam Slater 2021 Bootleg Jack 2022 Cedar Creek 2023 Alder Creek Devils Butte Flat Golden
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Lists by year	2012 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Pre-2013	Yacolt Burn (1902) Great Fire of 1910 Dollar Mountain (1929) White Mountain (1988) Mount Leona (2001) Thirtymile (2001) School (2005) Tripod Complex (2006) Tatoosh (2006) Cold Springs (2008)
2013	25 Mile Colockum Tarps Dead Canyon Desmarais Manastash Ridge Mile Marker 28 Milepost 10
2014	Carlton Complex
2015	Okanogan Complex
2016	Range 12
2017	Diamond Creek Jack Creek Fire Uno Peak Fire
2018	Soap Lake Maple Fire
2019	243 Command Fire Left Hand Fire
2020	Evans Canyon Labor Day
2021	Schneider Springs Fire
2023	Eagle Bluff Fire Gray Fire Oregon Fire Newell Road Fire Sourdough Fire Tunnel Five Fire
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