Norcal Fire Crews Battling New 'Eel Fire' in Mendocino County
A third blaze erupted in Northern California Tuesday afternoon near the rural town of Covelo in Mendocino County.
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A third blaze erupted in Northern California Tuesday afternoon near the rural town of Covelo in Mendocino County.
A surveillance camera captured video of a mountain lion ranchers trapped and killed after it attacked their livestock in Sonoma County.
A desperate search of evacuation centers was underway Tuesday for any sign of 20 individuals who remain missing days after the deadly Carr Fire roared through Redding and several surrounding towns.
As he stood among the debris of what was once his home, Josh Lister was having a hard time processing what his eyes were seeing.
Lake County deputies are arresting people caught in restricted evacuation zones cleared out by the River and Ranch Fires.
The images are frightening. A wall of flames 50-feet high roaring toward a Redding subdivision. Diabolical fire tornados whipping up massive columns of flame and embers.
The evacuation areas for the Mendocino Complex Fires expanded Monday afternoon with the Lake County Sheriff's Office issuing mandatory orders for Kelseyville and Finley, according to authorities.
Residents were not the only ones fleeing the deadly flames of the Carr Fire as it scorched a path of destruction near Redding over the weekend. Wildlife also was threatened and on the move.
Lake County officials ordered the evacuation of Lakeport and the areas around the town of 4,772 residents Sunday afternoon as the flames from the Mendocino Complex Fire rapidly approached the city.
Debra Healer was stunned as she surveyed the charred wreckage of her home and those of her neighbors Sunday, a day after the destructive Steele Fire laid waste to all that was in its path.
Camp Newman, a popular summer getaway for Jewish youth in the North Bay, was lost to wildfire last October. Then, thanks to a minor miracle, the camp is back up and running at a cool new location on the bay.
The Steele Fire burning near Lake Berryessa was 50 percent contained as of Sunday morning; the two Mendocino Complex fires remain at 5 percent containment.
A fire erupted at Lake Berryessa in Napa County and it has already forced evacuations and left a trail of destruction.
As if the Carr Fire evacuees don't have enough to worry about, now there are concerns about looting.
Three Marin County firefighters were injured early Friday when their engine was struck by a 'heat blast' as they fought the deadly flames of the Carr Fire protecting homes in a Redding neighborhood.
