Fire crews knock down flames in cardboard compactor outside Lathrop furniture store
Fires in cardboard compactors are not uncommon, officials say, as the materials inside can get stuck, creating significant amounts of friction.
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Fires in cardboard compactors are not uncommon, officials say, as the materials inside can get stuck, creating significant amounts of friction.
Evacuations were lifted Sunday morning for a fast-moving vegetation fire that broke out in Lake County.
Fire officials say the blaze is 55% contained.
The fire broke out in one unit of a duplex on Nebula Way in Rancho Cordova overnight Thursday (8/18). All of the residents, and one cat, were able to get out safely. Although only one unit caught fire, all residents in both units were displaced.
The fire, which is burning in steep terrain, grew to 17 hours, at last check. Evacuations are still in place along Yankee Jims and Live Oak roads.
Residents had to rush to evacuate from the approaching Oak Fire on Monday in Placer County.
A Tesla caught fire along Interstate 80 into Sacramento on Monday morning.
There are two large fires burning in Northern California. Here's the latest on the McKinney and 6 Rivers Lightning Complex fires.
Egypt's Coptic Church says a fire at a Cairo church has killed at least 41 people and injured at least 14 others.
Crews are making progress fighting the largest wildfire in California so far this year.
Crews are working Monday night to put out a fire burning at a building in Isleton.
The largest wildfire to rage in California this year is now more than half contained.
Firefighters battling the McKinney Fire in Northern California on Monday remembered long-time U.S. Forest Service employee Kathy Shoopman, the first publicly identified victim of the fire.
Crews knocked down a garage fire Monday morning in Roseville.
The fire started Sunday near Camanche Reservoir.
Authorities say he allegedly lit his own place on fire.
Cal Fire officials say crews have stopped forward progress on the fire, which is burning in Jackson Valley.
Officials say crews will continue to monitor the area into Monday night.
Three apartments were destroyed and eight others were damaged.
A fire is burning in a Rio Vista junkyard.
A stretch of Highway 89 in Alpine County remains closed because of severe flooding in areas burned last summer by the Tamarack Fire, and a timeline for the highway to reopen is "premature."
People who lost their homes and property in last summer's Tamarack Fire in northern Nevada and California have filed a claim against the U.S. Forest Service seeking more than $85 million.
The incident happened along the 8000 block of Dara Way. Metro Fire of Sacramento crews responded to the scene.
Work is underway Wednesday morning to remove a derelict boat from the Sacramento River.
No injuries were reported, but exactly what started the fire is unclear.
