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Iron Alps Complex
Date(s)	January 1 – January 1, 2000
Location	Trinity County, California, United States
Coordinates	40.01°N 121.278°W / 40.01; -121.278
Statistics
Burned area	105,855 acres (42,838 hectares)
Impacts
Non-fatal injuries	TK
Evacuated	TK
Structures destroyed	TK
Damage	$???
Ignition
Cause	Lightning
Map
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The 2008 Iron Alps Complex—also called the Iron/Alps Complex—was a large wildfire complex in northeastern California's Trinity County. The complex comprised [number TK] fires, all of which were ignited by lightning on [date TK] The fires, many of which merged, burned a total of 105,855 acres (42,838 hectares) before the complex was declared 100 percent contained on [date TK], with a total firefighting cost of [cost TK].

While the fires burned largely in remote areas of the __ National Forest and only damaged/destroyed [number TK] structures, a helicopter crash in the course of firefighting operations killed ten personnel. After a lengthy investigation and litigation, contractor __ (responsible for maintaining and operating the helicopter) was found to have falsified weight calculations, leading to fines and imprisonment for at least one executive.

The Iron Alps Complex was one of several wildfire complexes in California during the state's 2008 wildfire season, including the even larger Klamath Theater Complex and Basin Complex fires in Siskiyou and Monterey counties respectively.

Background

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Progression

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Effects

The Iron Alps Complex's ten fatalities make it one of the deadliest wildfires in California history, landing at #11 on the list maintained by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire).

Sources

https://www.fire.ca.gov/our-impact/statistics

https://wildfiretoday.com/tag/iron-complex/

https://www.nps.gov/subjects/fire/upload/dutchcreek-24hr-report.pdf

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/20133/fires-in-california

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-aug-07-me-crash7-story.html

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-aug-08-me-crash8-story.html

https://www.nwcg.gov/committee/6mfs/dutch-creek-incident

https://www.justice.gov/usao-or/pr/former-carson-helicopter-vice-president-sentenced-federal-prison

https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR1006.pdf

https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2015/06/former_carson_helicopters_vp_g.html

https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703296604576005660755352984

https://34c031f8-c9fd-4018-8c5a-4159cdff6b0d-cdn-endpoint.azureedge.net/-/media/calfire-website/our-impact/fire-statistics/2008_wildfireactivitystatistics_complete_revised.pdf

See also

• Glossary of wildfire terms
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