Crown Fire
Crown Fire | |
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Date(s) | July 29, 2010 – August 3, 2010 |
Location | Los Angeles, California |
Statistics | |
Burned area | 13,918 acres (56.32 km2)[1] |
Impacts | |
Structures destroyed | 10[2] |
Ignition | |
Cause | Workers using a hammer to extract bolts from tire rim.[3] |
The Crown Fire was a wildfire that scorched 13,918 acres (5,632 ha) of land in Los Angeles County, California.[1] The second largest fire of the 2010 California wildfire season, the fire also destroyed 10 residences.[2]
As the fire advanced on July 30, it jumped the California Aqueduct and progressed towards homes in Palmdale.[4]
The cause of the blaze was ultimately traced to a lot in Agua Dulce where workers were using a hammer to extract bolts from a tire rim and created sparks.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Crown Fire". CAL FIRE. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ^ a b "Large Fires 2010" (PDF). CAL FIRE. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ a b Simmons, Ann (31 July 2010). "Crown fire grows to more than 13,000 acres". LA Times. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ^ Simmons, Ann (30 July 2010). "Fire Jumps California Aqueduct". LA Times. Retrieved 19 August 2015.