Northern California Wildfire Death Toll Now At 31
Sonoma County Sheriff Robert Giordano said Thursday night that two more people have been confirmed dead there. That raises the statewide death total from 29 to 31.
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Sonoma County Sheriff Robert Giordano said Thursday night that two more people have been confirmed dead there. That raises the statewide death total from 29 to 31.
Wildfires already well on their way to becoming the deadliest and most destructive in California history could gain momentum Thursday and erase even the modest gains firefighters have made.
We've assembled a list of information, including helpful links, to keep you and your family safe during as wildfires continue to spread.
As strong winds returned to California wine country on Wednesday, wildfires exploded in size and number, prompting authorities to issue new evacuation orders.
With an estimated 20,000 people being evacuated because of the fires burning in the Wine Country and Northern California, many are asking how they can help.
The Cherokee fire started at approximately 9:45 PM according to Calfire, and quickly grew to over 500 acres within 90 minutes.
A highway patrol officer captured dramatic video while driving through a wildfire in far Northern California.
According to a spokesperson at Beale Air Force Base, the fire started on the Beale property when a bird was electrocuted on a power line and sparked a grass fire.
The fire has burned more than 5,000 acres so far and is 17 percent contained.
CalFire says the Wall Fire has burned more than 2,000 acres and was just 2% contained on Saturday morning in Butte County just north of Bangor.
Blazes raging in forests and woodlands across California have taken the life of a firefighter and forced hundreds of people to flee their homes as an army of firefighters continue to battle them from the air and the ground.
It's a destructive combination no one, especially fire crews, likes to see: drought and lightning. And the results can be explosive.
A wildfire in the suburbs of Los Angeles was a smoldering shadow of its former self, but hundreds of residents of a foothill neighborhood remained evacuated and extremely dangerous fire conditions were expected to last well into Saturday.
A wildfire burned out of control near homes in the dangerously dry foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains early Thursday, fanned by gusty Santa Ana winds that spit embers into neighborhoods in the city below, igniting trees. Evacuations were ordered for houses at the edge of the fire.
Officials are optimistic that a wildfire in California's Big Sur region that has destroyed 14 homes and several other buildings will soon be put out.
A former firefighter is in custody on suspicion of murder and arson in a rural Northern California wildfire that left one person dead and destroyed hundreds of structures, a state fire official said Wednesday.
A fire that raged in forestland in and around Yosemite National Park has left a contiguous "moonscape" in the Sierra Nevada mountains larger than any in centuries.
Fire crews have fully contained a blaze that killed one man and destroyed nearly 70 homes in far northern California.
A key highway into Yosemite National Park that has been closed amid a massive wildfire for nearly three weeks is finally open again.
Fire crews have increased containment of a wildfire that destroyed nearly 70 homes in rural Northern California.
A wildfire burning in a state park in the San Francisco Bay Area has grown to 400 acres and has led to the evacuation of several dozen homes.
Scientists are assessing the damage from a massive wildfire burning around Yosemite National Park, laying plans to protect habitat and waterways as the fall rainy season approaches.
As a gigantic wildfire in and around Yosemite National Park entered its fourth week Saturday, environmental scientists moved in to begin assessing the damage and protecting habitat and waterways before the fall rainy season.
The wildfires burning in California are sending lots of smoke into the local air, causing breathing problems for some residents.
Dense smoke from major California wildfires continues to pour into the Reno area, causing event cancellations to mount and local health officials to expand pollution warnings into Tuesday.
