First Big California Wildfire Threatens Homes In Kern County
Fire officials in California say a wildfire is threatening homes in the Lake Isabella area of Kern County and high winds are pushing it through the brushy high desert area.
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Fire officials in California say a wildfire is threatening homes in the Lake Isabella area of Kern County and high winds are pushing it through the brushy high desert area.
Federal investigators with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives say the two-alarm fire that destroyed a mosque and a neighboring real estate office in April was intentionally set.
A fire that witnesses are calling suspicious broke out at a midtown Sacramento U-Haul lot damaging several trucks.
Fire fighters now say everyone is accounted for at a three-alarm fire that tore through a Citrus Heights home setting off some small explosions.
Firefighters are investigating a mysterious fire that damaged a home in South Sacramento.
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