By SAM METZ and JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — California weather was heating up and winds were shifting Thursday as more than 14,000 firefighters battled wildfires up and down the state, including a major blaze they hoped to keep out of...
Officials: Firefighter Dies While Working OR Wildfire
OAKRIDGE, Ore. (AP) — A firefighter died Monday while battling a wildfire southeast of Eugene, Oregon, officials said. Bryan Cutchen, Oakridge city administrator and acting fire chief, said the death is suspected to have been caused by a tree falling on the...
CA Firefighters Battle a Dozen Large Wildfires
MATHER, Calif. (AP) — More than 13,500 firefighters were working Monday to contain a dozen large California wildfires that have destroyed hundreds of homes and forced thousands of people to flee to safety. After an extensive review of fire damage, Gov. Gavin Newsom...
French Riviera Wildfire Not Spreading But Still Uncontrolled
LE LUC, France (AP) — Firefighters have tamed but not fully controlled a huge wildfire blazing through the backcountry of the French Riviera, a regional administrator said Friday. The prefect of the Var region, Evence Richard, told reporters that the fire was...
Dozens of Homes Burn as CA Wildfire Siege Continues
GRIZZLY FLATS, Calif. (AP) — A small wildfire swept through a mobile home park, leaving dozens of homes in ashes, the latest in a series of explosive blazes propelled by gusts that have torn through Northern California mountains and forests. The drought-parched region...
Winds Drive Nation’s Largest Wildfire Toward CA City
SUSANVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters faced dangerously windy weather Tuesday as they struggled to keep the nation's largest wildfire from moving toward a Northern California city and other small mountain communities. Forecasters issued red flag warnings of critical...
Dixie Fire Threatens CA Homes as Wildfires Torch West
By EUGENE GARCIA and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press QUINCY, Calif. (AP) — Thousands of homes in Northern California remain threatened by the nation’s largest wildfire as unstable weather creates a high danger of new blazes erupting across the West. Weekend...
New Fires Burning Outside Athens
By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — More wildfires broke out Monday in hard-hit Greece, with two blazes fanned by strong winds triggering evacuation alerts for villages southeast and northwest of the Greek capital. The first blaze, which broke...
Major Wildfires Threaten Towns in CA, MT
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press LAME DEER, Mont. (AP) — Wildfires in Montana threatened rural towns and ranchland, and victims of a California blaze returned to their incinerated town even as the region faced another round of dangerous weather. Firefighters and...
Multinational Firefighting Forces Aim to Tamp Down Hot Spots at Greek Wildfires
By PETROS KARADJIAS and NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Associated Press PEFKI, Greece (AP) — Hundreds of firefighters from across Europe and the Mideast worked alongside their Greek colleagues in rugged terrain Wednesday, trying to contain flareups of the huge wildfires that have...
Nearly 900 Buildings Destroyed by Dixie Fire
Associated Press GREENVILLE, Calif. (AP) — California's largest single wildfire in recorded history kept pushing through forestlands on Tuesday as fire crews tried to protect rural communities from flames that have destroyed hundreds of homes. Clear skies over parts...
Wing Reportedly Fell Off Plane Before AZ Crash That Killed Firefighters
PHOENIX (AP) — Federal authorities investigating the fatal crash of a small plane that was responding to a wildfire in northwestern Arizona included an account of the possibility that the aircraft’s left wing fell off, according to a preliminary report released...