Clayton Fire Now At 3,000 Acres, Five Percent Contained
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Evacuations are in progress in Lake County, where the Clayton Fire has grown to 80 acres.
A Lake County Sheriff's deputy has died after being swept into the ocean along the Mendocino Coast earlier this week.
A man who tried telling police he got a great deal on a car was arrested on suspicion of having a stolen vehicle and drug-related charges.
FEMA officials are bringing in temporary homes for people who lost their homes in the Valley and Butte fires, which left thousands homeless.
Authorities say they have arrested three men suspected of looting homes in the Valley Fire area.
Authorities have arrested at least two suspects with burned out safes in their vehicles as they investigate reports of looting in the wake of Northern California's devastating wildfire.
Both are crucial to the now fire-ravaged portion of Lake County. While some count their livestock and their blessings, some wineries are feeling the heat from the firestorm.
The person who was killed by the fast-moving Valley Fire over the weekend was a disabled senior, according to authorities.
Some 400 homes were among the hundreds of structures destroyed as fast-moving wildfires raged through communities in Northern California, leaving at least one person dead and sending residents fleeing along roads where some buildings and vehicles were still in flames.
The people in one community hit by the Valley Fire are showing they are resilient, their toughness is on display as they take on the fight of their lives.
Authorities say the destructive fire burning in Lake County has grown to 50,000 acres Sunday afternoon.
Firefighters are battling a quickly growing fire in Lake County that has injured several fire personnel.
The four-year drought that has ravaged California and the wildfires charring through dry forests are exposing Native American sites, helping looters searching for prehistoric objects to more easily spot the obsidian spear points and other artifacts.
The Jerusalem Fire, which has been burning since August 9 in Lake County and has charred more than 25,000 acres, is 95 percent contained. Firefighters say they expect to have the fire 100 percent contained on Monday.
Authorities revealed Wednesday that the destructive Rocky Fire was caused by a faulty gas water heater.
The Jerusalem Fire, which has been burning for more than a week about 100 miles north of San Francisco is 95 percent contained.
A fire that has been burning for more than a week about 100 miles north of San Francisco has destroyed nine homes and charred more than 39 square miles, one of 19 major fires burning in California.
Days after nearly losing her summer home to one California wildfire, Nicole Ruff breathed a sigh of relief after learning that firefighters and a firebreak cleared by her husband had saved it from a second blaze.
A wildfire burning 100 miles north of San Francisco has spread into Napa County as it expanded to 26 square miles.
The Jerusalem Fire has doubled in size overnight from 6,000 to 12,000 acres. It is still burning out of control.
Lake County resident, Juan Ramos Silva, was arrested over the weekend for allegedly causing fire at his residence in the area of the Jerusalem Fire.
Authorities have issued mandatory evacuations due to a growing fire in the Jerusalem Valley area, just south of the massive Rocky Fire.
All evacuations were lifted Saturday after cooler weather helped firefighters gain more ground against a Northern California wildfire that has forced hundreds of people from their homes.
The Rocky Fire's devastation is worse for some homeowners who are cleaning up without fire insurance.
