Red Flag Warnings For Dry, Strong Winds Expected To Last Through Thursday As Firefighters Amass At Caldor Fire
As of Thursday morning, 36,333 people remain under evacuation orders, with two-thirds of those being affected by the Caldor Fire.
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As of Thursday morning, 36,333 people remain under evacuation orders, with two-thirds of those being affected by the Caldor Fire.
Federal wildland firefighters, who currently make as little as $13.45 an hour, could get a long-awaited pay raise if the bipartisan infrastructure package making its way through Congress eventually gets to President Joe Biden's desk.
California's largest wildfire in recorded history kept pushing through forestlands as fire crews tried to protect rural communities from flames that have destroyed hundreds of homes.
The fight against the Dixie Fire is long from over as firefighters spent another day on the front lines of California's largest wildfire so far this season.
The battle to stop the spread of the River Fire in Nevada and Placer County is continuing into the night.
With more than 95% of the Western United States in drought, combined with a month's stretch of above-normal temperatures, an outlook released Sunday shows fire season prospects looking grim.
Evacuation orders have been issued for a vegetation fire burning in the Paradise area on Thursday.
A pair of sisters from Reno were arrested after they reportedly left two young children at a fire station in Placer County, then kept on driving.
Fierce flames and tough winds: Dramatic video from inside the fire lines shows how intense any wildfire can get.
Butte County residents remain on high alert as the Dixie Fire continues to grow.
Firefighters battled several wildfires in Northern California on Thursday as forecasts called for a new round of dangerously hot and dry weather throughout much of the state.
The number of wildfires and amount of land burned in parched California so far this year greatly exceed totals for the same period in disastrous 2020.
Skiers and snowboarders pray for snow so they can shred the slopes. Climatologists and hydrologists have an entirely different and more critical reason to cross their fingers for the "white gold."
Containment of three big wildfires in Northern California has increased but potential for a new round of winds this week was a concern, authorities said Monday.
President Biden announced a federal firefighter pay increase as record temperatures across the region and a heating-up wildfire season have crews working overtime.
A fast-moving fire has prompted the evacuation of residents in an El Dorado Hills community.
Crews on Sunday were able to stop the forward progress of a vegetation fire that forced evacuation orders near Lake Amador.
Authorities arrested a woman accused of starting more than a dozen fires in the Yuba County community of Loma Rica this week, Cal Fire announced on Saturday.
A giant sequoia has been found smoldering and smoking in a part of Sequoia National Park that burned in one of California's huge wildfires last year, the National Park Service said Wednesday.
Firefighters battled a grass fire in rural Placer County near Roseville on Tuesday morning.
As Sacramento Fire Department crews raced to multiple fires around the city, they were also battling against the elements on the first Red Flag Warning of the year.
Retired firefighter Frank Moore has been around fires for decades. With the Campo Fire still burning in Calaveras County and widespread drought conditions, he worries we're in a race against the clock with Cal Fire still in the middle of its hiring season.
A growing wildfire forced mandatory evacuations in rural Calaveras County just north of Valley Springs.
Another potentially dangerous fire season is ahead in California, and the state is adding more resources to the frontlines.
The deadly Zogg fire that burned over 56,000 acres in Shasta County last year was sparked by PG&E transmission lines coming in contact with a tree, say officials.
