Woman Arrested After 16th Street Fire May Be Connected To American River Parkway Blazes
A woman was arrested near the scene of a fire and is being investigated for a possible connection to a series of fires last week.
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A woman was arrested near the scene of a fire and is being investigated for a possible connection to a series of fires last week.
Arson investigators are searching through dry grass and berry bushes trying to determine who started a brush fire near Business 80 in Sacramento overnight.
State and federal officials have blamed Sierra Pacific Industries for the Moonlight Fire, which they said was caused by two unsupervised employees who operated bulldozers on a red-flag warning day with high fire danger.
The search for an arsonist has intensified along the American River in Rancho Cordova after four fires burned in the area in five days.
Firefighters say the fire started in the back of the building when some brush caught fire, then moved to the back deck and inside the building.
Firefighters are calling Friday's 40-acre grassfire along the American River suspicious, and investigators have several suspect descriptions from witnesses who saw people leaving the area where the fire started.
A fierce firefight with a 100-acre blaze that sent a smoke plume rising above Sacramento will likely last for a few more days as fire crews watch for flare-ups.
A fire is burning more than five acres along the American River Parkway, fire officials say.
The bodies of two men were found inside a burning home along French road in the florin area of Sacramento on Monday and investigators say a person of interest may be to blame.
Sacramento Sheriff's Deputies are seeking a 1992 green Toyota Camry after a suspected carjacking in Modesto, and 32-year-old Abraham Felmley.
The rain was beneficial for dousing flames, but powerful downpours also raise the potential for flooding and mudslides in recently burned areas, prompting a voluntary evacuation warning for about 20 homes several miles southeast of Idyllwild.
The estranged wife of the Northern California limousine driver who was behind the wheel when a fire in the vehicle killed five women celebrating a wedding said he had been arguing with her on the phone moments before the blaze, according to a newspaper report Sunday.
Fire crews are investigating a suspicious fire that damaged an abandoned convalescent home.
Highway 50 has been closed indefinitely in both directions near Kyburz in El Dorado County due to thick smoke blowing across the roadway from a nearby fire.
Multiple fires burned along the railroad tracks between Stockton and Lodi, spreading close to highway traffic and several homes.
A two-alarm fire broke out at a south Sacramento apartment complex on Thursday.
Investigators are calling an early morning house fire in south Sacramento suspicious.
Carol Castro and her 10- and 16-year-old cousins quickly jumped into action when they noticed flames coming from a home on the block.
A fire burning on the south side of Highway 50 in Shingle Springs has knocked out power to more than 20,000 residents.
No injuries were reported after an early morning house fire in North Highlands.
The fire started before 3 p.m. on Friday and burned through Maidu Park and damaged four homes and a gazebo.
Some Roseville families are trying to get ahead of Monday's storm as their rooftops were damaged on Friday after a huge fire started in nearby Maidu Park.
As arson investigators continue to determine whether or not the suspicious Roseville grass fire was man-made, displaced homeowners are learning it will be a long time before they can return home.
Firefighters say the winds and heavy, dry brush helped the fire grow quickly. More than 180 firefighters showed up and 256 homeowners were told to either shelter in place or evacuate their homes.
Fire crews were battling flames at two different Sacramento homes that caught fire overnight.
