Woolsey Fire: Firefighters Increase Containment Around Deadly Fire
Firefighters Sunday have increased containment around the catastrophic Woolsey fire to 88 percent, a day after President Donald Trump toured the devastation.
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Firefighters Sunday have increased containment around the catastrophic Woolsey fire to 88 percent, a day after President Donald Trump toured the devastation.
The president surveyed the fire damage in Point Dume Malibu with California Gov. Jerry Brown and Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom.
President Donald Trump arrived in Northern California Saturday morning as the death toll from the Camp Fire climbed to 71.
More than a week after the Woolsey Fire erupted in the Southland, officials said public schools in Malibu would remain closed through at least Thanksgiving.
Containment on the devastating Woolsey Fire jumped up Friday, even as hundreds of frustrated Malibu residents were unclear about whether they could return to their communities.
Here is the latest evacuation and road closure information for the Woolsey Fire.
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The fire is now at 57 percent containment and has burned 98,362 acres, according to a Thursday morning update from CalFire.
With mail delivery suspended in the Woolsey Fire burn area, U.S. Postal Service officials said Thursday affected residents can pick up their mail at alternate locations.
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"President Trump told me on the telephone yesterday that he's completely behind California in getting this recovery underway," Gov. Brown said Thursday.
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The blaze has destroyed at least 483 structures. Several evacuation orders were lifted Tuesday.
Here are the latest evacuations and road closures due to the Woolsey Fire burning in Los Angeles and Ventura counties.
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Hundreds of residents who had just been allowed to return home had to turn around and flee again.
Six more human remains were found Tuesday, bringing the "Camp Fire" death toll to 48. Statewide there are a total of 50 deaths.
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A mountain lion that was found injured on a Castaic road in January is now being rehabilitated in Northern California after wildlife officials were unable to reunite it with its mother.
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The death last month of former NFL player Kevin Johnson is possibly linked to three other killings of unhoused people in the same area that occurred over the last four months, detectives said.
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