Cal Fire: California Wildfires Burned Area Larger Than Rhode Island
Wildfires that took at least six lives and forced tens of thousands of people from their homes blazed throughout California on Friday.
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Wildfires that took at least six lives and forced tens of thousands of people from their homes blazed throughout California on Friday.
The out-of-control Walbridge Fire, part of the LNU Lightning Complex, roared down Wallace Creek Road early Friday, burning several homes and sending residents fleeing for safety.
Many residents on the west side of Healdsburg had evacuated by late Thursday night, as the Walbridge Fire quickly advanced.
In two unrelated shootings, a man and woman were killed, a toddler was injured and another man was injured in Vallejo Thursday evening, police said.
The 14,500-acre Walbridge Fire in Sonoma County is now the top priority for firefighting efforts in the LNU Lightning Complex fires (map) burning in the North Bay, fire officials said Thursday. Meanwhile, a PG&E worker was killed helping first responders in Vacaville.
The Woodward Fire in the Point Reyes National Seashore has burned at least 1,500 acres and is zero percent contained as of Thursday morning, according to the Marin County Fire Department.
Youth sports programs in Marin County this week began operating under new public health guidelines, some of which the programs have already been enforcing for weeks to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
A Solano County woman is left trying to figure out what's next after losing nearly everything, including animals, at her parent's ranch because of the LNU Lightning Complex fires burning near Vacaville.
The past 48 hours have been a roller coaster for many Fairfield residents who were evacuated because of the fast-approaching Hennessey Fire and have since been able to return home.
During the height of the battle as the Hennessey Fire ravaged homes in the Vacaville area, sending residents in a panicked flight for safety, a PG&E worker assisting first responders was found unconscious in his truck and later died.
The Hennessey Fire in Napa County forced the evacuation Wednesday evening of St. Helena Hospital about 3.5 miles northeast of downtown.
The Sonoma County town of Healdsburg issued an evacuation warning Wednesday night, with city officials asked all residents to be prepared to leave their homes at a moments notice.
A wildfire that started Tuesday night in a remote part of the Point Reyes National Seashore in Marin County has grown to approximately 1,100 acres, according to fire officials.
A wall of flames roared through the Spanish Flat Mobile Villa overnight, reducing homes to ashes and vehicles to piles of melted metal.
Out-of-control wildfires touched off by lightning have torched more than 200 square miles and closed a major freeway in one of the major wildfires groups raging out of control in the Bay Area and Northern California.
