Roseville Firebug Setting Fires In Field
Four fires were intentionally set in the Roseville area in the last two months, all tied to the same firebug, say investigators.
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Four fires were intentionally set in the Roseville area in the last two months, all tied to the same firebug, say investigators.
A new wildfire on the edge of Yosemite National Park has forced the evacuation of about 700 homes.
Crews battling a wildfire in a far Northern California forest that has led to the evacuation of 250 homes are bracing for warmer, dryer weather.
A family of five was sent scrambling from their South Sacramento home this morning because of a fire.
Evacuations have been ordered for the area west of 12th and North B streets in Sacramento as a precaution, following a propane tank explosion and fire at a nearby recycling facility.
Lake Tahoe is a crown jewel of the western landscape but is being challenged by drought, invasive species, the threat of catastrophic wildfire and climate change.
A wildfire that forced about 1,000 people from their homes in the foothills near Yosemite National Park held steady Tuesday as humidity and calmer winds aided the fight against the second blaze around the park in recent weeks.
Firefighters from throughout California are being dispatched to protect homes that are under threat from a wildfire burning in the foothills near Yosemite National Park.
The Northern California man charged with starting the largest wildfire in recorded history to sweep through the Sierra Nevada mountains has turned himself in to authorities.
Fire crews are investigating an overnight fire in an auto warehouse.
A fire that was raging Monday morning at an abandoned home in Lodi is being left to burn out on its own.
Firefighters are trying get a handle on a fire near Winters that has quickly grown to 150 acres.
Firefighters were focusing on two wildfires near each other in Northern California that have burned through more than 100 square miles of terrain - one of which was menacing a small town and prompted the evacuation of a long-term care hospital.
Authorities say a 16-year-old Southern California boy has suffered burns after setting himself on fire for an online dare.
The section of a wildfire burning close to one of Yosemite National Park's treasured giant sequoia groves died down and got no closer to the grove, park officials said Thursday morning.
Crews were called to a substation near Briggsmore and Claus around 5:30 a.m. Thursday. Investigators say it appears the fire started when a spark ignited mineral oil, which is used to cool the capacitors at the substation.
Fire crews are working to keep a blaze in Yosemite National Park away from a grove of treasured giant sequoia trees.
An arson investigation is underway in Sacramento after two cars were set on fire this morning.
Firefighters are investigating a fire that completely destroyed a motorhome this morning in Sacramento.
Some firefighters battling a Northern California wildfire that prompted evacuation orders for more than 400 homes before it was brought under control were dispatched to other fires, while evacuation orders for about half of the homes in the path of a blaze in Yosemite National Park were lifted.
The fire began burning on July 25 and is currently 65 percent contained. It has destroyed 13 homes and 38 outbuildings and still threatens 500 more structures.
Despite widespread drought in the West, wildfires have burned less than half the 10-year average area so far this summer.
A large, two-alarm fire is burning at a used car lot in South Modesto, sending up thick clouds of smoke that can be seen for miles.
Sheriff's department investigators say they have identified the body of a man found dead inside of a burned-out shed at a grapevine nursery in Vacaville earlier this month.
City fire crews responded to a grass fire that spread to a home in south Sacramento.
