"Seventy percent of the 20 most destructive wildfires in state history have occurred since fall 2017, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. To understand the pace and extent of rebuilding in the most significant of these fires, The Times relied on data from state and local governments. The Times obtained data in February from the Cal Fire Damage Inspection Database, known as DINS, which documents buildings burned in wildfires."
"We limited our reporting to fires that destroyed 1,000 or more residential structures during this period - aside from January's Palisades and Eaton fires in Los Angeles County. There were five: Tubbs (2017), Carr (2018), Camp (2018), Woolsey (2018) and North Complex (2020). The Times analysis showed 22,438 residential structures burned in the five fires. About 75% were single-family homes, 23% were mobile homes and fewer than 2% were apartment, condominium or other multifamily buildings."
Data came from the Cal Fire Damage Inspection Database (DINS), which documents buildings burned in wildfires. Analysis filtered for destroyed residential structures — single-residence, multiple-residence and mixed-use commercial/residential — and limited to fires that destroyed 1,000 or more residential structures, yielding five fires: Tubbs (2017), Carr (2018), Camp (2018), Woolsey (2018) and North Complex (2020). A total of 22,438 residential structures burned; about 75% were single-family homes, 23% mobile homes and fewer than 2% multifamily buildings (counted as single structures regardless of unit count). Fires affected 16 local jurisdictions. Certificate of occupancy records, California Department of Housing and Community Development data, GIS coordinate matching and assessor parcel merges were used to determine rebuilding and permit issuance.
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