Tassajara Fire

The Tassajara Fire was a wildfire that started on September 20, 2015, in the Santa Lucia Range, in Monterey County, California.^[1]

Tassajara Fire
Part of the 2015 California wildfires
View from UC Santa Cruz of the Tassajara Fire
Date(s)	September 12, 2015 (2015-09-12) – September 27, 2015 (2015-09-27)
Location	Santa Lucia Range, Monterey County, California
Coordinates	36.3699644°N 121.589554°W / 36.3699644; -121.589554
Statistics[1]
Burned area	1,086 acres (4 km2)
Impacts
Deaths	1 civilian
Structures destroyed	12 structures 8 outbuildings
Map

The fire swiftly burned 1,086 acres (4 km²) of land in a rural, residential area near the Los Padres Forest, including 12 homes and numerous outbuildings.

It was contained a week later on September 27.

The smoke plume was visible throughout the Monterey Bay and Salinas Valley regions.