2015 Incident Archive
A summary of all 2015 incidents, including those managed by CAL FIRE and other partner agencies.
880,899 Acres
Estimated Acres Burned
8,283 Incidents
Number of Wildfires
7 Fatalities
Confirmed Loss of Life
3,159 Structures
Structures Damaged or Destroyed
2015 Fire Season
A total of over 8,200 wildfires burned a total area of over 880,000 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.