User:Penitentes/Clampitt Fire

The 1970 Clampitt Fire, also referred to at the time as the Malibu-Newhall blaze, was a massive wildfire in Los Angeles County, California. The fire burned 105000–115000 acres, destroying dozens of structures and killing four people.

https://www.dailynews.com/2020/09/22/bobcat-fire-among-la-countys-5-largest-wildfires-of-the-past-century/

105,212 https://webservices.caloes.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/Top20_Deadliest.pdf

https://scvhistory.com/gif/galleries/fire092570/

https://www.nytimes.com/1970/09/30/archives/california-brush-fires-partly-contained-as-desert-winds-shift.html?searchResultPosition=3

Background
The Los Angeles area had not seen any significant rainfall since March.

Progression
The total area burned in the Clampitt Fire is not agreed on by all sources. A Cal Fire report lists a figure of 105212 acres, a Los Angeles County report on the Woolsey Fire vouches 107103 acres,  and a National Park Service source lists a burned area of 115537 acres.

Effects
A 1985 LAT article described the fire(s) as "Southern California’s worst ever" blaze.

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-07-02-me-619-story.html

The Clampitt Fire destroyed 86 structures. Damaged the Manson ranch... at the time of the fire, the Manson family was being tried

One of the residences destroyed belonged to Chad Everett?

The Clampitt Fire caused four deaths.