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Wildfire — San Diego County Coastal Areas, California
July 12, 2020 · NOAA Storm Events record
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
68
Property damage
$1.0M
Area
San Diego County Coastal Areas
Event narrative (NOAA)
One of the Navy's vessels in the San Diego Bay, the U.S.S. Bonhomme Richard, caught fire the morning of July 12th and lasted for four days. Copious amounts of smoke entered the atmosphere creating poor air quality in the greater San Diego metro, along with a total of 68 military and civilian firefighters injured during the blaze.
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.