Wine Country Wildfire Death Toll At 31; Hundreds Still Missing
The death toll from out-of-control Northern California wine country wildfires rose to 31 Thursday, while breached fire lines prompted new evacuations.
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The death toll from out-of-control Northern California wine country wildfires rose to 31 Thursday, while breached fire lines prompted new evacuations.
With over 200,000 acres burned in Northern California, it can be difficult to keep track of where the different wildfires are burning.
Six new wildfires caused by lightning strikes this week are burning in Yosemite National Park, according to park officials.
Authorities in the South Bay announced Thursday that four teenage boys have been arrested in connection Ballybunion Fire that burned in Gilroy over the weekend.
California Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday declared a state of emergency for the wildfire burning in Butte County as scorching temperatures complicate firefighters' efforts to extinguish blazes.
Cal Fire law enforcement officers announced on Wednesday that they have arrested a man suspected of starting the still growing Ponderosa Fire outside of Oroville, according to authorities.
The fire affected the Liberty Glen campsite. It raged over 2.7 acres and was extinguished in about 3 hours.
The fire is burning grass and oak trees. The cause is under investigation.
The evacuation warnings were lifted around noon, Cal Fire spokeswoman Suzie Blankenship said.
Investigators have determined that the Loma Fire, which burned 28 structures and roughly 4,474 acres in southern Santa Clara County in 2016, was cased by a portable generator at a marijuana grow.
About 100 gallons of liquid retardant fell on about a dozen homes and cars in the 300 block of Decanter Circle in southwest Windsor.
Fire crews in the South Bay have put out a fire east of Milpitas near Ed R. Levin County Park Wednesday afternoon, according to authorities.
Fire crews are battling a wildfire near Auburn early Thursday afternoon that forced some mandatory evacuation orders, according to authorities.
Evacuations orders were lifted Tuesday in Santa Clara County for a nearly 4,500-acre fire burning for more than a week in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
The Loma Fire that started in the Santa Cruz Mountains of Santa Clara County last week is 90 percent contained at 4,474 acres as of early Tuesday morning, Cal Fire officials said.
The Loma Fire that started in the Santa Cruz Mountains of Santa Clara County about a week ago is 81 percent contained at 4,474 acres as of Monday morning, Cal Fire officials said.
The blaze has charred about 6 1/2 square miles and is still threatening 325 structures.
Cal Fire crews responded to a massive fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Santa Clara County on Monday, fire agency officials said.
More than 500 firefighters were battling a fire that grew to 1,500 acres Sunday afternoon in unincorporated Sonoma County, Cal Fire officials said.
A bulldozer operator was injured Friday fighting the Soberanes Fire in Monterey County near Big Sur.
A new wildfire is forcing evacuations near the town of Paradise in Butte County.
A woman allegedly driving on the metal rim of her car's wheel sparked a 450-acre wildfire just east of the town of San Andreas that threatened homes, and forced evacuations in the area.
Firefighters working the 91,453-acre Soberanes Fire in Monterey County say the blaze did not spread significantly Saturday, despite high temperatures and low humidity that are expected to persist Sunday.
The Soberanes Fire has scorched 81,396 acres since it was started on the morning of July 22 by an illegal campfire left abandoned at Garrapata State Park.
The owners of a home where investigators say last year's devastating Valley Fire started are suing Cal Fire.
