2007 California wildfires
The 2007 California Wildfire Season saw over 9,000 separate wildfires that consumed 1,087,110 acres (4,399.4 km2) of land. 30 of those wildfires were part of the Fall 2007 California firestorm, 160 others were injured, including at least 124 firefighters. which burned approximately 970,977 acres (about 3,900 km², or 1,500 mi²) of land was burned from Santa Barbara County to the U.S.–Mexico border, surpassing the October 2003 California wildfires in scope, which were estimated to have burned . At the peak of the wildfire activity in October 2007, the raging wildfires were visible from space.
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency in seven California counties where fires were burning. President George W. Bush concurred, and ordered federal aid to supplement state and local response efforts. Over 6,000 firefighters worked to fight the blazes; they were aided by units of the United States Armed Forces,United States National Guard, almost 3,000 prisoners convicted of non-violent crimes, and 60 firefighters from the Mexican cities of Tijuana and Tecate. The fires forced approximately 1,000,000 people to evacuate from their homes, becoming the largest evacuation in California's history.