Fire #3 Fire

Wildfire in Riverside and San Bernardino counties, May 1999

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Printed October 28, 2026 from www.firezones.info/fire/5373/fire-3-fire-1999

Key facts

Started May 27, 1999
Contained June 3, 1999, after 7 days
Burned 11,952 acres
15th largest fire of 1999
Cause Lightning
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Where it burned

Counties

  1. Riverside County 10,223 acres
  2. San Bernardino County 1,725 acres

Acres are the land the fire burned in each county and community, and places where it burned less than an acre are not listed. Communities are cities, towns and the unincorporated places the Census Bureau names, so land outside any of them is counted only in its county.

The same land, other fires

Burned before

  1. 1968 Randolph Fire 239 acres shared
  2. 1973 Unnamed fire 24,363 acres in total 7,685 acres shared
  3. 1978 Joshua Fire 7,142 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 4,302 acres shared
  4. 1979 Randolph Fire Cause: Lightning 628 acres shared
  5. 1984 Blackbrush Fire Cause: Lightning 33 acres shared
  6. 1984 Lost Horse Fire 3,539 acres in total · Cause: Lightning 2,152 acres shared
  7. 1987 Paul Fire 1,115 acres in total · Cause: Escaped prescribed burn 1,079 acres shared

Acres are the land each fire shares with the Fire #3 Fire, and fires that shared less than an acre are not counted. Some older or smaller fires may be missing, and a fire perimeter can include unburned patches. How to read fire history

Sources

Fire history
CAL FIRE Fire and Resource Assessment Program
Published 28 July 2026
Building damage
CAL FIRE Damage Inspection
Updated 19 October 2026

This site is independent and not affiliated with CAL FIRE or the CPUC, so for an official determination, check with the agency or your city or county. How we read the data