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As of this morning, the Palisades Fire has spread “nearly 20,000 acres.” According to NBC News. It has destroyed thousands of buildings and is now the “most destructive” wildfire ever to hit Los Angeles.
Besides the Palisades Fire, there are also several other fires in the Los Angeles area that firefighters are working tirelessly to contain. The second largest fire was the Eaton Fire, which burned 13,690 acres. According to NBC News. So far, it is 3% contained.
As someone who is not from Los Angeles, this is unimaginable. So, to put it in perspective…
For the Palisades Fire, the 20,000-acre fire is about 31.25 square miles.
This means that if you want to run New York City Marathonwhich is 26.2 miles, so you still have five more miles to go.
An American football field is 1.32 acres, meaning the Palisades Fire is the equivalent of about 15,151 football fields.
Dodger stadium It is the second largest baseball stadium in the United States by capacity. It holds about 56,000 fans. Its area is only 1.65 square miles. So, the Palisades Fire would be like if you had roughly 19 Dodger Stadiums lined up.
The Narendra Modi Stadium in India, which particularly hosts cricket matches, is one of the… The largest sports stadiums In the world, with a capacity of about 132,000 people. that it An area of only 100 acres. It would take 200 Narendra Modi stadiums to get anywhere near the size of the Palisades fire.
Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour was one of the biggest concert events ever. It played its biggest show at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia, with approx In the presence of 96 thousand fans. The complex is used only for approx 10 acres of land. You would need about 2,000 of them to equal the size of the Palisades Fire.
For further perspective, Central Park in New York City is Only 843 acres. So, there are currently as many wildfires as there are approximately 24 Central Parks combined.
In fact, the entire area of Manhattan is 14,600 acres, or 22.81 square milesSo the Barrier Fire is bigger than the entire town.
The urban settlement of Inverness, Scotland, has an area of approximately 12.1 square miles, so the Palisades Fire would be equivalent to an Inverness strike of approximately three.
Wildfires are actually bigger than some cities. For example, Monaco, which is located near the border between Italy and France, is just… almost 0.80 square miles.
The Palisades and Eaton fires combined could cover nearly half of some major U.S. cities as well.
For example, Seattle, Washington, has an area of almost 84 square miles. The Palisades Fire plus the Eaton Fire is approximately 33,690 acres, or 52.6 square miles.
Finally, while the exact number is often in flux due to the land purchased and developed over time, Disney World in Orlando, Florida is almost 27,258 acres. So, yes, the Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire together are currently bigger than all the theme parks, water parks, hotels, and more.
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