Lake County Man Missing After Valley Fire Chews Through Home, Car
Leonard Neft, 69, last spoke to his family Saturday as the fire raged near his house in Anderson Springs.
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Leonard Neft, 69, last spoke to his family Saturday as the fire raged near his house in Anderson Springs.
When the Valley Fire ripped through Middletown Saturday night, Cody Smith and his family came terrifyingly close to the fire. They were trapped on their own property, surrounded by a wall of flames.
Cooler temperatures and higher humidity is helping firefighters battling the deadly Valley Fire in Lake, Napa and Sonoma counties.
Investigators think a remote area surrounded by caution tape in the community of Cobb Mountain may be the spot where the massive Valley Fire started last Saturday. KPIX 5's John Ramos went up to the area, which remains closed to the public.
Authorities in Lake County have made several arrests for looting in the wake of the devastating Valley Fire.
Crews are still trying to assess the damage from the 62,000-acre Valley Fire, which has killed a 72-year-old woman, injured four firefighters and burned at least 585 homes as well as hundreds of other structures, Cal Fire said Monday.
Alameda Municipal Power reported Monday that geothermal and solar power facilities near Middletown may have been damaged in the 62,000-acre Valley Fire, currently burning through Lake, Napa, and Sonoma counties.
At least eight firefighters lost their homes to the Valley Fire burning in Lake and Napa counties.
An elderly disabled woman who was unable to escape her home died in the Valley Fire burning in Lake, Napa and Sonoma counties, Lake County sheriff's officials said Monday.
An explosive wildfire burned largely unchecked Monday after incinerating hundreds of homes and devastating rural communities north of California's Napa Valley, leaving at least one person dead and sending tens of thousands fleeing down flame-lined streets.
The ferocious Valley Fire reportedly torched the famed Harbin Hot Springs, a clothing-optional retreat center offering yoga and massage workshops in Middletown.
Through the devastation and destruction of the Valley Fire there is a bright spot of hope when it comes to the Herculean effort on the part of vets and volunteers to save pets, horses and livestock.
Officials in Napa and Lake counties said people are scamming survivors of the Valley Fire through social media by asking evacuees' for their addresses.
A fire that started Saturday afternoon in Lake County and spread to Napa County later in the day has destroyed structures, burned 40,000 acres and injured four firefighters according to Cal Fire and the Lake County Office of Emergency Services.
Mandatory evacuations were lifted for residents near a wildfire burning in Lake County that has consumed 450 acres Wednesday night, according to Cal Fire.
The Jerusalem Fire that burned more than 25,000 acres in Lake County and the northern tip of Napa County was fully contained by Monday evening, Cal Fire officials said.
A new fire in Lake County has now burned through 215 acres of vegetation.
More than 12,000 firefighters are battling 17 wildfires across California. Saturday, a new fire erupted in Lake County.
Vehicle exhaust contacting dry grass caused the 8,000-acre Wragg fire near Lake Berryessa in Napa County last month, Cal Fire said Friday.
The 23,500-acre Jerusalem Fire in Lake County has burned a small area of the northernmost tip of Napa County near Knoxville, a Cal Fire spokesman said.
The Jerusalem Fire in Lake County grew Tuesday, prompting more evacuations, many of them residents who had recently returned home after a nearby massive blaze first threatened their homes.
A wildfire that broke out several miles south of the massive Rocky Fire in Lake County has forced the second evacuation of residents who were forced out of their homes days earlier.
A wildfire that ignited in Lake County several miles south of the Rocky Fire quickly spread to 3,000 acres Sunday, forcing evacuations according to Cal Fire.
All evacuations were lifted Saturday after cooler weather helped firefighters gain more ground against a Northern California wildfire that has forced hundreds of people from their homes.
Most residents who evacuated during a fierce Northern California wildfire have been allowed to return home as crews reopened two highways that were used as fire breaks.
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