Thomas Fire

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The Thomas Fire was a massive and destructive 2017 wildfire in Southern California that became one of the largest in the state's history, severely impacting Ventura and Santa Barbara counties.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Thomas Fire canonical 2

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf natural disaster ⓘ
wildfire ⓘ
affectedArea Los Padres National Forest ⓘ
affectedCity Carpinteria, California ⓘ
Montecito, California ⓘ
Ojai, California ⓘ
linked to: Ojai

Ventura, California ⓘ
airQualityImpact hazardous air quality in Southern California ⓘ
areaBurned 281893 acres ⓘ
about 440 square miles ⓘ
cause downed Southern California Edison power lines ⓘ
contributingFactor drought conditions ⓘ
low humidity ⓘ
steep terrain ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
drivingWeatherCondition Santa Ana winds ⓘ
economicImpact damage costs in the billions of dollars ⓘ
endDate 2018-01-12 ⓘ
evacuationOrderIssuedBy Santa Barbara County officials ⓘ
Ventura County officials ⓘ
evacuations tens of thousands of residents evacuated ⓘ
fatalities 2 direct fatalities ⓘ
indirect fatalities due to related mudslides ⓘ
fireSuppressionForces multiple air tankers and helicopters ⓘ
thousands of firefighters ⓘ
followedBy 2018 Montecito mudslides ⓘ
ignitionPoint near Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, California ⓘ
injuries multiple firefighter injuries ⓘ
locatedIn Santa Barbara County, California ⓘ
Southern California ⓘ
Ventura County, California ⓘ
linked to: Ventura County
managedBy California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection ⓘ
United States Forest Service ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Forest Service
mediaCoverage extensive national and international news coverage ⓘ
monthOfStart December 2017 ⓘ
notableFeature burned from inland areas toward the Pacific coast ⓘ
rapid overnight spread after ignition ⓘ
primaryFuelType chaparral ⓘ
dry brush ⓘ
rankingBySizeInCaliforniaAtTime largest wildfire in modern California history at time of containment ⓘ
rankingBySizeInCaliforniaLater one of the largest wildfires in California history ⓘ
smokeImpact smoke reached parts of Central and Northern California ⓘ
startDate 2017-12-04 ⓘ
state California ⓘ
structuresDamaged hundreds of structures damaged ⓘ
structuresDestroyed hundreds of homes destroyed ⓘ
over 1000 structures ⓘ
windSpeeds over 60 mph ⓘ
year 2017 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Montecito, California → nearbyWildfire → Thomas Fire ⓘ
Montecito → affectedBy → Thomas Fire ⓘ