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...
Fire has burned 125,100 acres DENVER (AP) — A wildfire burning in remote terrain in western Colorado is now the second largest in the state's history, fire officials said Wednesday. As of Wednesday morning, the so-called “Pine Gulch” fire spread across...
Four fires have burned across 208 square miles By PATTY NIEBERG Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Gov. Jared Polis issued a 30-day ban on open fires such as campfires, fireworks and other open sources of ignition on Tuesday as the state...
Benefits of fuel reduction work U.S. Forest Service This is a short video focused on a recent success story in which firefighters were able to catch the Rosland Road Fire largely due to prior hazardous fuels reduction work completed as part of the...
Arson charge for homeless man LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors filed arson charges Tuesday against a man suspected of starting a wildfire last week that threatened homes near Los Angeles. Osmin Palencia, 36, turned himself in to police on Sunday, three...
Nearly 30 fires burning in rural or forest lands By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California firefighters battled destructive wildfires Monday as a lengthening heat wave roasted the state. Thousands of homes were at risk and air...
Wildfire is 75% contained MOSIER, Ore. - A wildfire burning in the scenic Columbia River Gorge that has destroyed dozens of structures is 65% contained, according to authorities. KOIN reports that some evacuation orders were downgraded as of Monday...
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