PG&E found 30 instances of weather-related damage By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The lights were back on Friday for most of the nearly 2 million Northern California residents who lost electricity when the state's largest...
Photos: California Saddleridge Fire
The Saddleridge fire started on the 10th at 9:03 P.M. It is located near Yarnell Road exit off Interstate 210. As of 8:30 am, the fire is 4,700 acres with 0% containment. Angeles National Forest is in unified command with Los Angeles city and county fire...
Wildfire Destroys Homes in Southern California
Elderly woman missing as fire moves into Calimesa By STEFANIE DAZIO AND CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press CALIMESA, Calif. (AP) — Don Turner's 89-year-old mother was missing Thursday night after a wind-driven wildfire sparked by burning trash swept...
Evacuations Ordered as Wildfire Spreads in San Francisco Bay Area
Fire burned 60 acres in two hours MORAGA, Calif. (AP) — Police have ordered evacuations as a fast-moving wildfire spreads in the hills of a San Francisco Bay Area community. Moraga-Orinda firefighters responded to the scene near the St. Mary's College...
California Power Outage: What Happens When the Lights Go Out
Fire danger leads to largest outage in state history By JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses went out early Wednesday, affecting millions of people in California. Pacific Gas and...
Millions in California Play Waiting Game over Electricity Shutoffs
PG&E cuts power to prevent wildfires By BRIAN MELLEY and TERENCE CHEA Associated Press SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — Millions of Californians played a waiting game with the winds Thursday as Pacific Gas & Electric watched the weather before deciding...
Forest at Famed Idaho Ski Area Faces Wildfires, Insects
USFS concerned about health of Bald Mountain By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The forest in and around one of the nation's top ski destinations is in trouble from an ongoing combination of unusually warm temperatures, drought,...
At Least 30 Homes Destroyed in Eastern Australia Wildfire
Some from Rappville sent to hospital with burns By TRISTAN LAVALETTE Associated Press PERTH, Australia (AP) — About 500 firefighters were battling out-of-control wildfires in eastern Australia that have destroyed up to 30 homes. More than 40 bushfires...
Millions in California Face Wildfire Prevention Power Outage
Utility shutting off power to 800,000 customers By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Bottled water and batteries were flying off the shelves at California stores as millions of customers prepared to live without...
PG&E Could Cut Power in 30 California Counties to Prevent Wildfires
Power shut off could begin on Wednesday SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas and Electric says it could cut off power to a large swath of Northern California later this week to prevent its equipment from starting wildfires during hot, windy weather. The...
Devotion Highlighted at National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service
Passion, legacies, and struggles among the fallen By Bill Carey, FirefighterNation.com EMMITSBURG, Md. – The ringing of bells across the country started the 2019 National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service on Sunday morning in Emmitsburg, Maryland....
NFFF 2019 Memorial Weekend Roll of Honor
Remembering our fallen firefighters National Fallen Firefighters Foundation EMMITSBURG, MARYLAND – The 38th National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service was held on Sunday, October 6, 2019, to honor 92 firefighters who died in the line of duty in 2018...