2015 Incident Archive
A summary of all 2015 incidents, including those managed by Cal Fire and other partner agencies.
2015 Fire Season
A total of over 8,700 wildfires burned a total area of over 890,000 acres in California during 2015. On September 11, after the Butte Fire exploded from a size of 32,000 acres to 65,000 acres, in the Amador and Calaveras counties, Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency.