Mount Vision Fire

Mount Vision Fire
Burned trees from the Mount Vision Fire at Point Reyes
Location Point Reyes, Inverness, California
Coordinates 38°04′59″N 122°52′59″W / 38.083°N 122.883°W / 38.083; -122.883Coordinates: 38°04′59″N 122°52′59″W / 38.083°N 122.883°W / 38.083; -122.883
Statistics[1]
Cost $6.2 million ($10 million today)
Date(s) October 3, 1995 (1995-10-03) – October 16, 1995 (1995-10-16)
Burned area 12,354 acres (50 km2)
Cause Illegal campfire
Buildings
destroyed		 45
Map
Location of fire in California
Mount Vision Fire (California)

The Mount Vision Fire was a wildfire that burned 12,354 acres (50 km2) of land on the Point Reyes National Seashore peninsula in northern California during October 1995. The fire, which was started by an incompletely extinguished campfire, destroyed 45 homes in Inverness Park.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Vision Fire 10 Year Anniversary Fact Sheet #3 – Incident Statistics" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
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