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204 million to fight, and had forced over 104,607 residents to evacuate. At its height, the Thomas Fire saw over 8,500 firefighters mobilized to fight it, which was and still is the largest mobilization of firefighters for combating any wildfire in California history. The fire began on December 4, north of Santa Paula, near Steckel Park and south of Thomas Aquinas Los angeles fire date from which the fire was named.

The unusually strong and persistent Santa Ana winds were the largest factor in the spread of the fire. Much of Southern California experienced “the strongest and longest duration Santa Ana wind event we have seen so far this season”, according to the National Weather Service. While November is the typical beginning of the rainy season in California, the first measurable rain for the area fell on January 8, 2018, more than a month into the fire. With the natural vegetation burnt, flash floods and mudflows damaged homes in Montecito when the rains arrived. On December 4, 2017, the fire was first reported by a nearby resident at 6:26 p. Tuesday morning, on December 5, saw 1,000 firefighters battling the blaze, with no containment of the fire. PST, one helicopter began dropping water, while fixed-wing aircraft waited to be deployed after the winds died down.

The fire continued moving north up the valley throughout the day. The entire community of Casitas Springs, which lies northwest of Ventura, had a mandatory evacuation issued as the fire approached. On Tuesday, December 5, additional National Guard helicopters were brought in to fight the six largest wildfires burning in Southern California. Officials said they also obtained “every last plane we could find in the nation. C-130 airplanes were obtained from the U. Thomas Fire, December 9, 2017, Landsat 8, bands 758.

By the afternoon of the same day, the fire entered Santa Barbara County near Divide Peak. The evacuation orders were expanded further north into Santa Barbara County into the communities of Carpinteria and Montecito. On the same day, fire analysts stated that the Thomas Fire had been generating its own weather for the past two days, a behavior only observed in very massive wildfires and indicative of a firestorm. However, the Thomas Fire’s northwestern and southwestern flanks merged on the western shore of Lake Casitas, completely encircling the lake and the Ojai area.

Zaca Fire to become the fourth-largest wildfire in modern California history. On the same day, a firefighter died, while working northwest of Fillmore, on a flareup near the eastern flank of the fire. On the morning of December 15, containment lines in the Santa Barbara and Montecito areas and protecting nearby homes was the priority, in addition to the threatened Carpinteria and Summerland areas. The northwest edge of the Thomas Fire’s burn area, north of Santa Barbara. 2008 Tea Fire and the 2009 Jesusita Fire. On December 18, firefighters began a large firing operation north of the Thomas Fire, south of Route 33, in order to clear away excess brush, and to attempt to control the Thomas Fire’s northward expansion.