![]() And many other areas of California saw blazes erupt in the wildland, including moderately sized fires in Nevada, Yuba and Santa Cruz counties which would’ve garnered more attention in a normal year. The Redwood Complex in Mendocino County racked up $24 million in suppression costs. ![]() Other fires in the Wine Country that burned along with the Tubbs Fire were also costly. The Tubbs Fire that devastated the city of Santa Rosa cost the agency about $100 million. Put the two together and it promotes fire.”Ĭal Fire has spent nearly half its budget allocation on the Thomas Fire alone, with fire suppression costs estimated at $175 million. “We have five years of severe drought, followed by an extremely wet year that led to a lot of growth in the underbrush. “The state understands what is taking place,” he said. McLean said the agency can be nimble with its budget, with the help of a Legislature that is keenly aware of the unprecedented nature of the past wildfire season. The number includes economic harm to the wine industry, where several legacy wineries in Napa and Sonoma were utterly destroyed and many wine grapes were severely damaged by smoke.īut the cost to taxpayers, who foot the bill for fire suppression through state and federal taxes, is significant on its own.Ĭal Fire spent $700 million during the current fiscal year, a number far exceeding the approximately $426 million the agency had budgeted for fire suppression. While the Thomas Fire is the state’s largest in terms of acres burned, the blazes that ripped through the Wine Country counties of Sonoma, Napa and Mendocino this past October, were the most destructive.Īll told, some media outlets have estimated the total cost, from fire suppression to insurance and recovery expenditures, at $180 billion. ![]() The Thomas Fire – a nearly 300,000-acre fire that scorched vast swathes of Santa Barbara and Ventura counties is one of several California wildfires with hefty costs to taxpayers, both in the state and throughout the nation. “This is new territory,” said Cal Fire spokesman Scott McLean. And the final figures will show the past season was the most expensive ever. ![]() The complete containment of the last large fire of 2017 will finally allow officials to tally the costs to taxpayers, most of which is related to fire suppression. (CN) – With rain finally headed toward Southern California this week, the state’s worst wildfire season ever may finally end if precipitation snuffs out what’s left of the largest fire in California history still smoldering in the back country. ![]()
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