Rain Tamps Down Camp Fire but Turns Grim Search Soggy
The Camp Fire in Butte County is nearly out after days of rain but searchers are still completing the meticulous task of combing through now-muddy ash and debris for signs of human remains.
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The Camp Fire in Butte County is nearly out after days of rain but searchers are still completing the meticulous task of combing through now-muddy ash and debris for signs of human remains.
Butte County officials released the latest numbers in the recovery effort from the Camp Fire Monday evening, announcing that the remains of two more people were found, raising the death toll in the deadly fire to 79.
PG&E waited more than a week before relaying crucial information to state regulators about a second electrical incident in the early-morning hours of Nov. 8, less than an hour after the Camp Fire was first reported.
Two Cal Fire firefighters were injured early Sunday while escaping a falling tree as they battled the Buzzard Fire in rural Santa Cruz County.
Paradise High football star Colby Cline never thought he'd be on the gridiron again with his teammates after his hometown was destroyed and his school's state playoff hopes dashed by the devastating Camp Fire.
The Rincon Fire that closed Highway 9 and burned 17 acres north of Santa Cruz was fully contained Sunday evening, according to Cal Fire.
A brush fire sent hundreds of people scrambling to get out of a Sikh temple in San Jose on Sunday. Crews quickly moved in on the blaze it from escalating.
The massive Camp Fire has left a path of destruction in its wake through the devastated community of Paradise. There are many ways to help victims of the wildfire, whether it be monetary, material, volunteering or providing shelter.
The massive Camp Fire has left a path of destruction in its wake through the devastated community of Paradise. There are many ways to help victims of the wildfire, whether it be monetary, material, volunteering or providing shelter.
In just 24 hours, the disastrous Camp Fire has burned an area more than twice the size of San Francisco.
California fire officials say a stretch of Highway 9 in Santa Cruz remains closed Monday as fire crews battle a blaze that injured a firefighter and is burning through heavy timber.
Firefighters contained a wildland fire in the area of Lockhart Gulch in Scotts Valley Sunday afternoon even as crews continued to battle another blaze which closed Highway 9 in Santa Cruz County in both directions.
Firefighters in Contra Costa County have increased staff levels and pre-positioned firefighting resources in high-risk fire areas throughout the county Tuesday in anticipation of a red flag warning and high fire danger forecast by the National Weather Service.
The head of Cal Fire spoke to KPIX 5 Friday during an exclusive sit-down interview, giving him a chance to discount President Trump's recent claims that California's destructive wildfires are a result of "incompetence" by state officials.
A Dutch company has come up with a way to potentially extinguish wildfires in record time. It's environmentally friendly, too, but the promising product is proving to be a tough sell in the U.S.
Gusty offshore winds and dry conditions prompted the National Weather Service Saturday to issue a Red Flag warning for critical fire conditions this weekend in the Bay Area.
A grass fire Monday afternoon on Higgins Canyon Road east of Half Moon Bay has been fully contained and an evacuation request has been rescinded, San Mateo County emergency officials said.
Two firefighters were injured Sunday night battling a grass fire that consumed more than 30 acres in the hills near Quimby Road on San Jose's eastern edge.
"If we don't know what causes a fire, we don't know how to prevent them," said Carrie Bilbao, a spokeswoman for the National Interagency Fire Center.
Evacuations orders were lifted and Highway 50 has been partially reopened in El Dorado County Thursday afternoon after forward progress of the Meyers Fire was halted, according to authorities.
Cal Fire's San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit announced a ban on all outdoor burning starting Tuesday.
The Snell Fire in Napa County held at approximately 2,400 acres Sunday and was at 20 percent containment as of 7 p.m., Cal Fire said.
The Delta Fire broke out Wednesday north of Redding, closing Interstate 5 in both directions. It has tripled in size and now fire crews have a long battle ahead.
Along a section of California's busy I-5 freeway Thursday, crews removed the burned out remains of several big rigs that fell prey to the destructive blast of the Delta Fire.
A new wildfire in Placer County is complicating the return trip home for many people who spent the Labor Day holiday in the mountains.
