2002 California wildfires

2002 California wildfires
NASA satellite image of Santa Ana winds blowing across Southern California and starting wildfires, on February 9, 2002
Statistics
Total fires8,328
Total area969,890 acres (3,925.0 km2)
Impacts
Deaths6 firefighters killed
Non-fatal injuriesUnknown
Damage$308.977 million (2002 USD)
Season
 2001
2003 

During 2002, 8,328 wildfires burned 969,890 acres (3,925.0 km2) of land in the US state of California.