Fire Reduction Projects Underway In Lake County
Caltrans crews are working on a fire reduction project on Route 53 in Lake County, said Caltrans District 1.
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Caltrans crews are working on a fire reduction project on Route 53 in Lake County, said Caltrans District 1.
Authorities say a busted catalytic converter started a series of small wildfires in rural Tuolumne County on Thursday.
All evacuation warnings were lifted for a vegetation fire that flared up in the Butte County community of Bangor late Thursday afternoon.
Pacific Gas and Electric on Thursday pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter and other charges it faces after its equipment sparked the Zogg Fire which killed four people and destroyed hundreds of homes in Northern California two years ago, prosecutors announced.
Crews were battling a grass fire east of the city of Galt Monday afternoon.
Saturday evening, a residential garage fire was knocked down in Rancho Calaveras and animals were rescued, said Calaveras Consolidated Fire.
A vegetation fire in Vacaville burned 15 acres before the forward progress of the fire was stopped, said the Vacaville Fire Department.
A structure fire in Elverta on Pleasant Grove Road and Elordy Lane is being dealt with, said the Sutter County Police Department.
The men and women that fight California's wildfires are at a breaking point, according to the Cal Fire union president who said that is a result of bigger fires and a staffing shortage.
Megafires aren't just burning down homes, trees and wildlife in the West. They're also destabilizing the soil.
day weekend, a Red Flag Warning is taking effect, starting Monday morning.
Crews put out a vegetation fire in North Highlands that was threatening several structures, said Metro Fire of Sacramento.
Firefighters stopped the forward progress of a vegetation fire near Vacaville on Wednesday.
One person is in the hospital and a firefighter is recovering after a quick-moving grass fire in Yolo County.
