Santa Cruz mayor urges residents to prepare to evacuate By JANIE HAR and MARTHA MENDOZA Associated Press SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — Wildfires that blackened skies, took at least five lives and forced tens of thousands of people from their homes have...
Mike Fournier died when his helicopter crashed into a hillside By JOHN ROGERS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The helicopter pilot who died fighting one of hundreds of wildfires raging across California was making water drops over hilly, rugged...
Record-breaking heat wave in Nevada By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A blanket of hazy smoke from California wildfires prompted the closure of schools Thursday in Reno-Sparks for the second time this week due to the unhealthy air as...
Improve efficiency on the fire line The new SaberSpear™ Wildland Firefighting Tool line-up improves fireground operational efficiency in stubborn wildland fire areas! By using the extendable, sub-surface injection action combined with topside...
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A flammable ecosystem By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer If you want to build a fire, you need three things: Ignition, fuel and oxygen. But wildfire in California is a much more complex people-stoked witch’s brew. The state burns regularly because of...
Hundreds of fires have begun since the start of the week By HAVEN DALEY and JANIE HAR Associated Press VACAVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Wildfires raged through Northern California on Wednesday, threatening thousands of homes and blackening the skies near San...
Contract pilot was fighting the Hills Fire Wildland Firefighter COALINGA, California – A pilot was killed after a helicopter involved in firefighting operations crashed near Coalinga, according to the Federal Aviation Administration and reported by...
Flag saved from Lake Fire WKRG Firefighters save American flag in California. https://youtu.be/md8DhCMnKL4
Evacuation orders in the San Francisco Bay Area By HAVEN DALEY and JANIE HAR Associated Press VACAVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Crews were battling wildfires in the San Francisco Bay Area and thousands of people were under orders to evacuate Wednesday as hundreds...
Video shows palm tree fire after lightning strike GLOBE, Ariz. (AP) — Partial closures of two state highways were in effect Wednesday in east-central Arizona because of a lightning-caused brush fire. The partial closures of State Routes 188 and 288 in...
Firefighting resources spread thin OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Gov. Jay Inslee issued a statewide emergency proclamation on Wednesday because of multiple wildfires in Central and Eastern Washington, as well as the Olympic Peninsula. “Wildfires are threatening...
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