Big Sur Wildfire Near Full Containment, At Least 20 Structures Destroyed
Officials are optimistic that a wildfire in California's Big Sur region that has destroyed 14 homes and several other buildings will soon be put out.
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Officials are optimistic that a wildfire in California's Big Sur region that has destroyed 14 homes and several other buildings will soon be put out.
A forest fire burning in Monterey County near Big Sur that has destroyed more than 20 homes and blackened nearly 770 acres should be fully contained by Friday night, a U.S. Forest Service spokesman said Wednesday.
Two homes and an outbuilding were destroyed in a fire that burned in a hilly, remote area of Aptos early Tuesday morning.
A building collapsed in a two-alarm fire at a lumber yard near San Jose Tuesday morning, a Cal Fire captain said.
Investigators with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection have determined the cause of the Morgan Fire on Mt. Diablo to be target shooting, although the investigation was ongoing.
The Morgan Fire that has burned more than 3,133 acres reached 90 percent containment Thursday morning and firefighters expect to have it fully contained by Friday.
he California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection says the fire started Sunday afternoon on the edge of Mount Diablo State Park.
Evacuation orders and advisories were lifted Tuesday for several Sierra Nevada communities once threatened by a raging wildfire in and around Yosemite National Park.
The Rim Fire that has blackened more than 228,000 acres in Stanislaus National Forest is now 60 percent contained but about 4,500 residences remain threatened, Cal Fire officials reported Monday morning.
San Francisco's supply of water and electricity remained safe Sunday as a forest fire continued to burn out of control near Yosemite National Park and the Bay Area's Hetch Hetchy water source, fire and utility officials said.
A chance of dry lightning hitting the Bay Area Sunday and Monday has prompted the National Weather Service to issue a red flag warning for fire danger
A grass fire that has burned 80 acres along Lakeville Highway six miles southeast of Petaluma is 50 percent contained
Traffic is snarled on eastbound Interstate Highway 580 in the Altamont Pass area because of a grass fire that was sparked by a car crash.
The early arrival of dangerous fire conditions has prompted state emergency responders to spring into action earlier than usual.
Firefighters have contained two vegetation fires in Napa County but are still battling one other blaze in that county and one in Sonoma County Thursday, a Cal Fire spokeswoman said.
Open burns will be banned starting Monday in a number of Bay Area counties to limit the risk as fire season gets underway, Cal Fire said.
After a 17-year hiatus, the Morgan Hill City Fire Department has rejoined with Cal Fire.
Residents of a tiny mountain town breathed easier Friday after air tankers and helicopters blunted the run of a massive wildfire in Northern California just outside Lassen Volcanic National Park.
The Ponderosa Fire was 57 percent contained, with full containment expected early next week. But the blaze threatened 900 other homes Thursday as it burned a new front to the south.
Firefighters from across the Bay Area and California are in Lake County on Monday, where two separate grass fires continue to burn thousands of acres and threaten hundreds of homes, Cal Fire officials said.
A grass fire that burned Wednesday at the Enid W. Pearson Arastradero Preserve in Palo Alto remains under investigation, but police believe it is a case of arson.
On Monday over 825,000 property owners, mostly in California's rural areas near forests, started receiving a $150 annual fee by the state in order to help offset Cal Fire's budget deficit.
California's budget-saving prison realignment program could end up costing the state a third of its firefighting crews if a deal can't be reached to keep inmates on the fire lines.
Officials say fire crews are making progress in battling a wildfire burning outside the northern California city of Ukiah.
A brush fire burned more than 50 acres of unincorporated Solano County northwest of Vacaville Sunday afternoon.
