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Southern California Wildfires
Support communities impacted by the Southern California Wildfires
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Emergency Response | 2024
Southern California Wildfires
Three major wildfires in Southern California have destroyed dozens of homes, disrupted power, prompted road and highway closures and forced thousands into temporary displacement as they continue to sweep through the state.
Currently the Bridge Fire in Angeles National Forest is the largest active fire in California at 51,000 acres. The fire has burned dozens of structures and continues raging uncontrolled, threatening several communities in Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties.
The Line Fire charred 37,000 acres in the San Bernardino National Forest, forcing evacuation orders and warnings in communities in Big Bear, Running Springs and Lake Arrowhead as tens of thousands of homes remain at risk.
The Airport Fire has burned 23,000 acres in the Cleveland National Forest in Orange and Riverside Counties and destroyed over a dozen homes. Currently at only 5% contained, thousands are still threatened.
Extremely high temps over the last week as well as additional impacts of climate change have been attributed to the intensity and rapid spread of these devastating fires.
Our Response
CORE is actively monitoring the wildfires impacting San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties (home to CORE HQ) and mobilized a response team to assess communities high on the social vulnerability index who are under current evacuation warnings. Our deployment teams will canvass door-to-door, providing evacuation preparedness resources and guidance and distributing go-bags with essentials and hygiene kits to affected neighborhoods. CORE’s California climate and relief teams will continue monitoring the effects of the fires on the ground and evolve our response as needed.
