Sabrina Bodon - The Sacramento Bee Diana Almendariz often uses tule for basket weaving, but on this day she uses the dried bulrush wrapped around a cattail to carry fire across a narrow trail to a small field. She sets the tufted bundle down with intention to start...
There’s Another Wildfire Burning in HI. This One Is Destroying Irreplaceable Rainforest on Oahu
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A wildfire burning in a remote Hawaii rainforest is underscoring a new reality for the normally lush island state just a few months after a devastating blaze on a neighboring island leveled an entire town and killed at...
Flooding the New Orleans East Swamp Fire Is Helping but May Be Boosting Smoke
Tristan Baurick The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate (TNS) Nov. 8—Efforts this week to pump more water into the burning swamp on the east edge of New Orleans are cooling the heat but may be producing more smoke, potentially contributing to the "super fog"...
VA Governor Declares a State of Emergency As Firefighters Battle Wildfires
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin declared a state of emergency Tuesday as firefighters responded to two wildfires that amid dry conditions and high winds. The declaration allows Virginia to mobilize additional resources, staff and equipment to help with the response, the...
NC Declares State of Emergency As Wildfires Burn Hundreds of Acres
HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Officials have declared a state of emergency in a western North Carolina community where a wildfire has burned hundreds of acres, some structures and now is threatening dozens of homes. Crews are fighting several separate blazes in forested...
Wildfire in Mountainous Central Oahu Moves Away From Towns As HI Firefighters Continue Battle
HONOLULU (AP) — A wildfire that has burned forestlands in a remote mountainous area of Central Oahu has moved eastward and away from population centers, Hawaii authorities said, as firefighters continued to battle the blaze. The flames haven't threatened homes or...
Firefighters Make Progress on CA Highland Fire; Seven Structures Destroyed
AGUANGA, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters on Wednesday made inroads in containing a Southern California wildfire, but officials said many homes and other buildings remain threatened by the blaze that at one point saw thousands of people under orders to evacuate The Highland...
Four Fires Scorch CA County in a Single Day
https://twitter.com/City_of_SLO/status/1719527814469468470 Kaytlyn Leslie, Sara Kassabian, Mackenzie Shuman, Stephanie Zappelli, and John Lynch The Tribune (San Luis Obispo, Calif.) (TNS) Oct. 31—Four fires erupted in San Luis Obispo County on Monday afternoon,...
Maui (HI) Police Release 16 Minutes of Body Camera Footage From Day of Lahaina Wildfire
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Maui police held a news conference on Monday to show 16 minutes of body camera footage taken the day a wildfire tore through Lahaina town in August, including video of officers rescuing 15 people from a coffee shop and...
Highland Fire Burns 1,200 Acres and Multiple Structures, Spurs Evacuations in CA
Jeremy Childs Los Angeles Times (TNS) A brush fire in Riverside County exploded to scorch more than 1,200 acres on Monday, closing roads and prompting evacuation orders that grew along with the size of the fire. Firefighters were facing gusty winds and relatively low...
First Woman Smokejumper Tells Her Story
Steven Mayer The Bakersfield Californian (TNS) Oct. 28—The physical training was rigorous, fighting fires in remote wilderness was dangerous, and jumping out of perfectly good airplanes in the vicinity of burning forest and brush fires may have been a tad crazy. But...
Santa Ana Winds To Blow Through Southern CA Sunday, Monday
Emily Holshouser - Press-Telegram, Long Beach, Calif. Oct. 26—Gusty Santa Ana winds and dry conditions spelling heightened wildfire danger are forecast for Southern California starting Saturday night and continuing into early next week, according to the National...