Wildfire

Rush Fire

2012 · 40.62° N, 120.15° W

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When
2012
Kind
Wildfire
Coordinates
40.62° N, 120.15° W
Description
wildfire in California in 2012
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year in its Wikidata description

Rush Fire

2012 wildfire in California and Nevada

The Rush Fire was the largest wildfire of the 2012 California wildfire season. The fire, which started in Lassen County, California, eventually spread into Washoe County, Nevada. The fire consumed a total of 315,577 acres of sagebrush, of which 271,991 acres were in California. At the time, the burn area in California made the Rush Fire the second-largest wildfire in California since 1932.

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