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Tassajara Fire

Coordinates: 36°22′12″N 121°35′22″W / 36.3699644°N 121.589554°W / 36.3699644; -121.589554
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Tassajara Fire
View from UC Santa Cruz of the Tassajara Fire
Date(s)September 12, 2015 (2015-09-12) - September 27, 2015 (2015-09-27)
LocationSanta Lucia Range,
Monterey County,
California
Coordinates36°22′12″N 121°35′22″W / 36.3699644°N 121.589554°W / 36.3699644; -121.589554
Statistics[1]
Burned area1,086 acres (4 km2)
Impacts
Deaths1 civilian
Structures destroyed
  • 12 structures
  • 8 outbuildings
Map
Tassajara Fire is located in Northern California
Tassajara Fire

The Tassajara Fire was a wildfire that started on September 20, 2015 in the Santa Lucia Range, in Monterey County, California.[1]

The fire burned 1,086 acres (4 km2) of land in the Los Padres National Forest. It was named for the Tassajara Mountain Zen Center at Tassajara Hot Springs.[2]

It was contained a week later on September 27.

The smoke plume was visible throughout the Monterey Bay and Salinas Valley regions.

References

  1. ^ a b "Tassajara Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
  2. ^ "Fighting fire with Zen at Tassajara". SFChronicle.com. November 23, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2020.