Channel Islands Fire Started Accidentally by Shipwrecked Sailor
The shipwrecked man was rescued from Channel Islands National Park, but the flares set off a 10,000-acre fire that has burned park buildings, forced evacuations and threatened rare Torrey pines. [Source]
Publication Date:Origin: nytimes.com
Category: Wildfires
Topics: Islands, Channel, pines, Torrey, threatened, evacuations, forced, buildings, burned, 000-acre, flares, National, rescued, shipwrecked, Sailor, Shipwrecked, Accidentally, Started
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/us/santa-rosa-channel-island-wildfire.html