2013 California wildfires

Springs Fire
Springs Fire
Date(s)	May 3, 2013 - May 6, 2013 (PDT)
Location	Ventura County and Los Angeles County
Statistics
Burned area	28,000+
Impacts
Deaths	0
Non-fatal injuries	0

The 2013 Springs Wildfire was an unusually large fire for spring, forecasting a busy wildfire season. Although the fire burned only 15 homes, it threatened 4,000. This threat passed when rain shower moved through the California area because of a low-pressure system off the coast. Some places got more than half an inch of rain. The fire burned around 8,00 acres of brushland along coastal Ventura County and into the Santa Monica Mountains. Some of the weather conditions made favorable conditions for brush fires. The Santa Ana Winds were blowing at 40 to 50 miles per hour, spreading the fire and single-digit humidity helped too. By May 3, 2013 the fire had only been 20 percent contained, on May 4, 2013, higher humidity made firefighters jobs easier and on May 5, 2013 the fire had been 65 percent contained and on May 6, 2013, the fire was almost diminished as rain fell on dry locations.

Predictions for this Year's Wildfire Season

Forecasted dry weather until September show that this fire season will be a long and dangerous one, because fire's like the Springs Wildfire was a type of fire that would have happened in October, after a dry summer. Climatologists say this is one of the earliest fire seasons on record.

Threats to Cities

Many worried that the fires would reach burn suburbs like Malibu, Glendale and, Camarillo. They also worried parts of Los Angeles would be damaged by the wind-driven blaze.