California Wildfire Destroys 8 Structures Near Yosemite, Causes Thousands to...
Flames from a backfire burn as CalFire crews battle the wildfires near Mariposa, Calif., on Tuesday, July 18, 2017. Record rain and snowfall in the mountains this winter was celebrated for bringing...
View ArticleFire Near Yosemite National Park Destroys 58 Homes, Displaces Thousands
About an hour’s drive outside California’s Yosemite National Park, the Mariposa Lodge was empty Friday, save for front desk clerk Sara Beskind. A wildfire has been burning for five days, forcing...
View ArticleCalifornia Wildfires Leave Ash & Smoke in Their Wake
The flames that raced across California wine country left little more than smoldering ashes and eye-stinging smoke in their wake. House after house is gone, with only brick chimneys and charred...
View ArticleOfficials Say Any Spark Could Have Started Wildfires
A carelessly discarded cigarette, a downed power line, a car’s backfire or a chainsaw’s pull. Just about anything could have started any one of the wildfires now tearing through Northern California,...
View ArticleStrong Winds Whip Up California Wildfires
Fueled by the return of strong winds, the wildfires tearing through California wine country exploded in size and number Wednesday as authorities ordered new evacuations and the death toll climbed to 23...
View ArticleAt Least 24 People Dead, 20,000 People Evacuated, Hundreds Missing and...
Flames ravage a home in the Napa wine region in California, Oct. 9, 2017, as multiple wind-driven fires continue to whip through the region. Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images Massive wildfires sweeping...
View ArticleCalifornia Winds at Unprecedented Strength, Heightening Fire Danger
Southern California has felt yellow wind, orange wind, and red wind. But never purple wind. Until now. The color-coded system showing the expected strength of the winds driving the region’s fierce...
View ArticleFlames Engulfs San Diego Area as California Wildfires Spread
Retirement communities built on golf courses, semi-rural race horse stables and other usually serene sites were engulfed by flames as the San Diego area became the latest front in California’s wildfire...
View ArticleThomas Fire Spreads Into Santa Barbara County
The San Ysidro Ranch in Montecito, Calif., faced the encroaching Thomas Fire on Saturday. The blaze spread quickly in the morning, fueled by strong winds.Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire...
View ArticleThomas Fire is Now Second Largest Wildfire in Modern California History
After a brief respite from the relentless gusts that have driven the deadly Thomas fire for more than two weeks, powerful winds are expected to return, adding to the challenges facing firefighters...
View ArticleOprah Says her Own Montecito Home was Left with Just ‘Minor Damage,’ Thanks...
Oprah shared a video on Saturday meeting with first responders and animals working to save the lives of the 4 still missing due to deadly mudslides that devastated her California community Search and...
View ArticleWind-Driven Wildfire Forces People to Flee Rural California
A wind-driven wildfire in rural central California forced mandatory evacuations and threatened hundreds of buildings Monday, including a historic railroad station, after it tripled in size overnight,...
View ArticleNew Wildfires Sweep Through California, Forcing Evacuations and Burning Homes
Firefighter Jay Wilkens monitors a flaming shed and boat as the Holiday fire burns in Goleta. Firefighters toiled in stifling heat Saturday on the lines of destructive wildfires across the U.S. West,...
View ArticleWildfire Burning Near Yosemite National Park Doubles in Size
A wildfire burning west of Yosemite National Park doubled in size overnight while crews scrambled to set up defenses around nearby homes, officials said. Just over 4,300 acres on Sunday, the Ferguson...
View ArticleNine People Reported Missing as Deadly Northern California Wildfire Grows by...
© Noah Berger/AP ImagesA car passes through flames on Highway 299 on July 26. Nine people were reportedly missing as a monster wildfire in Northern California grew by two-thirds overnight after killing...
View ArticleThree More People Killed in California’s Carr Wildfire
A deadly wildfire charring northern California has reportedly claimed the lives of three more people, including two young children. Police have yet to confirm the new fatalities, but CBS San Francisco...
View ArticleAt Least 8 Dead, 7 Missing as Wildfires Continue to Spread Across California
Authorities on Monday were hoping that a slight break in the heat this week could help them gain control of a number of wildfires that have so far scorched more than 200,000 acres and killed eight...
View ArticleNearly 50,000 People are Ordered to Evacuate and PG&E Says It Will Cut Power...
Firefighters battle a wind driven wildfire in the hills of Canyon Country north of Los Angeles on Thursday New evacuations were ordered for at least 50,000 people living in Sonoma County near a huge...
View ArticleEvacuation Orders Lifted as Firefighters Make Progress on Large Southern...
An air tanker drops retardant as the Maria Fire approaches Santa Paula, Calif., on Friday, Nov. 1, 2019. According to Ventura County Fire Department, the blaze has scorched more than 8,000 acres and...
View ArticleCalifornia Sues In-N-Out, Saying Its Responsible for Starting 2017 Wildfire
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection on Friday sued fast food chain In-n-Out, accusing it of being responsible for a 2017 grass fire. The lawsuit, reported by The Tribune, seeks...
View ArticleChristian-Owned In-N-Out Burger is Being Sued for $1.2M for Wildfire Caused...
The lawsuit accuses In-N-Out of failing to properly maintain the mower, leading to the clutch overheating, and accuses the driver of failing allowing the blaze to spread In-N-Out is being sued for...
View ArticleWhen will it end? California wildfires chase people from homes into smoky air
Seen in a long exposure photograph, embers burn along a hillside as the LNU Lightning Complex fires tear through unincorporated Napa County, Calif., on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. Fire crews across the...
View ArticleMore Than 200,000 People Asked to Flee Their Homes as Massive Wildfires...
FILE PHOTO: Flames grow at a wildfire dubbed the Cave Fire, burning in the hills of Santa Barbara, California, U.S., November 26, 2019. REUTERS/David McNew Crews from across the U.S. West, military...
View ArticleCalifornia faces huge fires before usual peak of season
Workers with Davey Resource Group survey the damage to the trees in a neighborhood Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, in Boulder Creek, Calif., after the the CZU August Lightning Complex Fire passed by. (AP...
View ArticleEvacuations lifted near California fires, some go home
Workers with Davey Resource Group asess the damage to the trees in a neighborhood Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, in Boulder Creek, Calif.,after the the CZU August Lightning Complex Fire passed by. (AP...
View ArticleOver 4 Million Acres Burned by California Wildfires
California hit a grim milestone on Sunday as the total number of acres burned this wildfire season crossed 4 million, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal...
View ArticleU.S. at Highest Alert Level as Wildfires Rage Across 12 Western States
Emblematic of the difficulties firefighters are facing across the American West, crews are battling a rapidly growing blaze in Northern California, just 10 miles from the town of Paradise, where the...
View ArticleFirefighters Battle Wildfire in the Mountains Along Big Sur
Firefighters on Saturday were battling a wildfire that broke out in the rugged mountains along Big Sur. NIC COURY/ASSOCIATED PRESS A wildfire fanned by strong winds, started Friday night in a steep...
View ArticleFirefighters Rewarded: Have Slowed Growth of California Blaze Near Yosemite
A bird flies above an air tanker battling the Oak Fire in Mariposa County, Calif., on Sunday, July 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) Firefighters have significantly slowed the spread of a huge wildfire...
View ArticleCalifornia Forest Fire Kills 2 People
Two bodies were found inside a burned-out car in the path of a huge northern California forest fire raging near the Oregon border, authorities said on Monday, as crews battling the blaze for a fourth...
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