Thousands Evacuated As Firefighters Battle Raging Lake County Blaze
A quick-moving wildfire burned dozens of structures, and forced the evacuation of thousands of residents in Lake County Sunday afternoon.
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A quick-moving wildfire burned dozens of structures, and forced the evacuation of thousands of residents in Lake County Sunday afternoon.
Crews in the South Bay contained contained a fast-moving brush fire near Morgan Hill that quickly grew to over 15 acres and threatened 30 homes Friday afternoon.
California's biggest wildfire expanded overnight to more than 104 square miles north of scenic Big Sur.
Some evacuation orders in Monterey County were lifted Sunday as firefighters come closer to containing the massive Soberanes Fire that has swallowed nearly 58,000 acres of forest north of Big Sur over the last two weeks.
The Soberanes Fire in Monterey County is now at 51,000 acres (79.6 square miles) and is 27 percent contained, Cal Fire officials reported Thursday morning.
The Soberanes Fire was 25 percent contained at 45,800 acres (71.56 square miles) as of Wednesday morning.
Fire crews are battling a 1,700-acres wildfire burning near Lake Berryessa in Yolo County.
Cal Fire officials announced Tuesday afternoon that an illegal campfire has been determined to be the cause of the massive Soberanes Fire in Monterey County.
The rugged terrain in the Soberanes Fire in Monterey County isn't the only problem firefighters are facing - they're also dealing with extreme heat.
More than 5,000 firefighters are battling the wildfire that killed a bulldozer operator working the fire line.
Crews on Sunday continued battling two major wildfires in Central and Southern California.
In Sacramento, a bill banning drones from interfering with first responders has passed the Assembly and is now in the Senate.
Fifty-seven-year-old Eric Wamser of Foresthill was arrested Friday on suspicion of interfering with firefighting operations.
Cal Fire has approved a timber harvest plan that involves logging century-old redwood trees along the Sonoma County coast despite the objections of environmental advocates.
Cal Fire officials said a wildfire burning Sunday evening in unincorporated Monterey County has grown to 800 acres.
At least two divers were rescued Saturday afternoon off the coast of Pebble Beach, according to fire officials.
Firefighters were called in to help a person trapped under a tree Thursday afternoon in Point Lobos State Reserve in Monterey County, Cal Fire officials said.
Ten days after it started, the Valley Fire reached a grim milestone on Monday, becoming the third most destructive wildfire in the state's history.
The Tessajara Fire burning in Monterey County has killed one person and destroyed 10 homes. The blaze was 30 percent contained Monday morning according to Cal Fire.
A wildfire that has killed three, injured four firefighters and destroyed at least 888 single dwellings in Lake, Napa and Sonoma counties is 69 percent contained Sunday evening, Cal Fire officials said.
The Monterey County Sheriff's Office has rescheduled Sunday's plans to allow evacuees to check on their homes threatened by the 1,200-acre Tassajara Fire near unincorporated Jamesburg, sheriff's officials said.
The Valley Fire, which has killed 3 people, injured 4 firefighters, and destroyed at least 888 structures, has been determined by Cal Fire to be the sixth most damaging wildfire in California's recent history, ranked by the number of structures burned.
Heat is descending again on the two deadly and destructive Northern California wildfires after a few days of fair and favorable conditions, raising fears that major gains could be undone.
Some Lake County residents displaced by the Valley Fire were being allowed to return to their communities Friday night and Saturday, Cal Fire officials said Friday.
