{{Short description|2010 wildfire in Southern California}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Confuse|Crown fire}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox wildfire |title= Crown Fire |partof=the [[2010 California wildfires]] |image=Crown Fire in Palmdale, Thursday night.jpg |caption=The Crown Fire as seen from [[Llano, California|Llano]] on July 29. |location= [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]] |date= {{Unbulleted list|{{Start date|2010|07|29}} – |{{End date|2010|08|03}}}} |time= |timezone= |acres= {{convert|13,918|acre|km2}}<ref name=CDF>{{cite web|title=Crown Fire|url=http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/incidents/incidents_details_info?incident_id=432|website=[[CAL FIRE]]|access-date=19 August 2015|archive-date=March 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305023107/http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/incidents/incidents_details_info?incident_id=432|url-status=dead}}</ref> |cause =Workers using a hammer to extract bolts from tire rim.<ref name=cause>{{cite news|last1=Simmons|first1=Ann|title=Crown fire grows to more than 13,000 acres|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-jul-31-la-me-fires-20100731-story.html|access-date=19 August 2015|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=31 July 2010}}</ref> |buildings= 10<ref name=large-fires>{{cite web|title=Large Fires 2010|url=http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/pub/cdf/images/incidentstatsevents_185.pdf|website=[[CAL FIRE]]|access-date=14 August 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304200453/http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/pub/cdf/images/incidentstatsevents_185.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> |landuse= |fatalities= |injuries= |perps= |motive= }}
The '''Crown Fire''' was a [[wildfire]] that scorched {{convert|13918|acre}} of land in [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles County]], [[California]].<ref name=CDF/> The second largest fire of the [[2010 California wildfires|2010 California wildfire season]], the fire also destroyed 10 residences.<ref name=large-fires/>
As the fire advanced on July 30, it jumped the [[California Aqueduct]] and progressed towards homes in [[Palmdale, California|Palmdale]].<ref name=aque>{{cite news|last1=Simmons|first1=Ann|title=Fire Jumps California Aqueduct|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/07/fire-jumps-aqueduct-bearing-down-on-palmdale-subdivisions.html|access-date=19 August 2015|work=Los Angeles Times|date=30 July 2010}}</ref>
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[[Category:2010 California wildfires]] [[Category:Wildfires in Los Angeles County, California]]
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