What the records say
- When
- 2006
- Kind
- Wildfire
- Coordinates
- 33.91° N, 116.75° W
- Description
- 2006 wildfire in California, United States
- Date from
- year in its Wikidata description
Esperanza Fire
2006 wildfire in Southern California
The Esperanza Fire was a large, arson-caused wildfire that started on October 26, 2006, in a river wash near Banning, California, United States, west of Palm Springs. The fire experienced an area ignition, with a disputed cause. The incident report's investigation, published by the United States Forest Service, suggests that the ignition was caused by the Santa Ana winds near 7:00 am.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Four firefighters are killed and one is critically injured as they tried to control the Esperanza Fire that drove hundreds from their homes near Palm Springs,…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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