fire on Santa Rosa Island in Channel Islands National Park burned thousands of acres so far, California’s biggest blaze this year. Containment efforts are advancing as of late May, multi-agency teams fighting the flames, while two historic buildings were among structures destroyed. The island was largely closed to visitors to safeguard rare flora and fauna. The blaze began with a mariner’s distress flare from a boat crash, according to Coast Guard and National Park Service reports. Containment has progressed via coordinated multi-agency efforts. There have been no reported civilian or firefighter casualties. Efforts to suppress and repair continue with emphasis on the island’s unique ecosystems.
A large wildfire has burned nearly a third of Santa Rosa Island in California's Channel Islands National Park — an area home to dozens of rare plants and animals, including some found nowhere else in…
www.cnn.comFire on Santa Rosa Island in Channel Islands national park becomes state's largest this year and threatens rare plants
www.theguardian.comA wildfire sparked by the flare of a shipwrecked mariner has burned around one-fourth of Santa Rosa Island and marks what officials called the largest blaze recorded on the island in modern history.
www.latimes.comUpdated: 6:05 p.m. May 26
www.sanluisobispo.comTrack the Santa Rosa Island Fire fire in California. 18,379 acres burned, 97% contained.
fires.cornea.isThe satellite visuals reveal vast burn scars after blaze tore through rare ecosystems on Santa Rosa Island
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