Track California fires
Posted by Jacque on June 30th, 2008
Fires continue to flare in California as dry lightning threatens parched country. More storms are expected.
To keep up with danger zones, visit the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection site where much information is available and where a statewide interactive Google fire map and another statewide California Wildfires fire map can be accessed.
The latter explains how contained the various fires are, how many acres are involved, and gives information about the properties threatened.
From the Google map you can select named fires in the right-hand column and a pop-up appears on the map with detailed information, including the date and time of the last update. Another advantage of this map is that it shows highways, and therefore is particularly useful if you are traveling in the northern part of the state where most of the fire danger exists.
