El Dorado Fire

Historical eventNovember 162020

El Dorado Fire

The El Dorado Fire in California, United States, was extinguished after 71 days, having destroyed 20 structures and killed one firefighter.

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When
Monday, November 16 20206 years ago
Category
Historical eventA dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
Era
21st century · 2020s
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At a glance

Dates: 2020-09-05 – 2020-11-16.

Place: San Bernardino County, United States.

Type: wildfire.

Deaths reported: 1. Casualties: 13.

What came before

Part of: 2020 California wildfires.

Catalyst / how it started

Linked causes: pyrotechnical machine.

Cause The fire began at 10:23 a.m. ( PDT ) on September 5, 2020, [ 1 ] when Angela Renee Jimenez and Refugio Manuel Jimenez Jr. set off a smoke bomb at a gender reveal photoshoot at the El Dorado Ranch Park near Yucaipa , in southern San Bernardino County . Heat from the smoke bomb caused nearby dry grass to catch on fire, which spread rapidly. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] According to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE),

What happened

The El Dorado Fire was a wildfire that burned 22,744 acres in San Bernardino and Riverside counties of California, United States, from September to November 2020. It was ignited on September 5 by a pyrotechnic device at a gender reveal party in El Dorado Ranch Park and quickly spread to the San Gorgonio Wilderness Area of the San Bernardino National Forest. Burning over a 71-day period, the fire destroyed 20 structures and killed one firefighter,

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November 16 2020 — 6 years ago, on a Monday.

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