The Latest: Containment Grows On California's Largest Fire
Firefighters are making significant progress on a wildfire in California that has burned more than a dozen structures and blackened over 141 square miles.
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Firefighters are making significant progress on a wildfire in California that has burned more than a dozen structures and blackened over 141 square miles.
A Southern California couple who lost their home in a wildfire made a new happy memory Sunday amid the ashes when they found what was left of the wife's wedding and engagement rings.
An online fundraiser for a California firefighter seriously injured in one of the many blazes burning in the state has raised nearly $30,000.
Cal-Fire has brought in one of the largest resources available to help fight wildfires burning across the state. The Global Supertanker is currently at the ready at McClellan Airport in Sacramento.
Illegal fireworks displays kept both police and fire agencies throughout the region busy this Fourth of July holiday.
Fire officials say cooler weather did little to diminish a massive blaze in Northern California threatening more than 1,400 buildings.
Firefighters battling the County Fire that threatens nearly 1,000 homes and buildings say cooler weather may help efforts to corral the flames.
Thick smoke from the flames continues to blanket much of the Sacramento Valley, leaving farmers to worry about their crops.
It's an Independence Day forecast that should make backyard barbecue parties a little more pleasant.
Firefighters were able to make progress on the blaze, which grew to 72,500 acres and is now up to 15 percent containment.
The flames remain just 5 percent contained.
The utility has called on the state to change a law it says holds it almost entirely responsible for wildfire damage even if it follows safety rules.
The fire stretched more than 44,000 acres on Monday, an area more than twice the size of Lake Berryessa. No structures have been destroyed by the flames.
No injuries were reported and the exact number of people evacuated was unclear.
Firefighters worked throughout the afternoon and evening Sunday to get containment on the County fire still burning for a second day near the Yolo and Napa County line.
