As of Tuesday, May 26, 2026 – The wildfire on Santa Rosa Island is 97% contained !
A historic 18,837 acres were burned, making this the largest wildfire recorded across the California Channel Islands.
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| Santa Rosa Island May 25, 2026 |
A huge thank you to the firefighters that fought and contained this fire. In places were firebreaks were carved out by small earth-moving equipment, efforts have been made to mitigate environmental disturbance–like the wattle rolls placed on the hillside in the above photo from US Wildfire.gov.
As the firefighting wraps up, we hope to hear from scientists on the ground about island foxes and other Santa Rosa Island species.
For official wildfire reports and additional photos:
link https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/cacnp-santa-rosa-island-fire
Drone images flying over Santa Rosa Island Torrey pines and other still photos and maps can by found at the link above.
