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Three were injured, one critically, when a group of firefighters were forced to cover under fire shelters after being overwhelmed by flames from the exploding Dolan Fire near Big Sur, with two of them airlifted to a hospital in Fresno Tuesday, officials said.
After several failed attempts, a California National Guard helicopter crew braved winds, smoke and flames early Tuesday morning to rescue 13 people who had been trapped in China Lake by the advancing flames of the Creek Fire.
A wildfire burning in the Plumas National Forest on Tuesday has led to mandatory evacuation orders in parts of Plumas, Butte and Yuba counties, according to authorities.
The area of Sonoma County that was evacuated late Monday night due to a flare-up of the Walbridge Fire has had all evacuation orders and warnings lifted by Tuesday evening, fire officials said.
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday saluted "the courage and conviction and the grit" of the National Guard crews that flew in to rescue hundreds of campers trapped by the Creek Fire as he outlined progress made across the state during this historic fire season.
Red Flag Warning winds whipped up flames along the Walbridge Fire lines Monday night, prompting new mandatory evacuation orders for residents in Sonoma County.
Police in Novato have arrested a man suspected of setting a string of fires, after officers allegedly spotted him starting a fire near the Novato creek area, on Monday
A Red Flag Warning went into effect Monday night for the North Bay mountains and East Bay hills due to dangerous fire conditions and forecast high winds, officials with the National Weather Service said.
Cal Fire reported a new wildfire north of Willits Monday afternoon and the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office immediately ordered evacuations, fearing the wind-driven flames could quickly spread to homes.
Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) updated Bay Area residents on incoming power shutoff Monday as triple-digit temperatures, high winds and dry conditions posed possible wildfire hazards.
A blistering holiday-weekend heat wave sent records tumbling across the San Francisco Bay Area Sunday as an "extreme heat storm" maintained its grip on the region.
California National Guard helicopter crews frantically airlifted more than 200 people as a wall of flames from the fast-moving Creek Fire burning in the Sierra bore down on them.
Firefighters continued to make progress on the three major lightning sparked wildfires that have been burning for weeks in the Bay Area, as temperatures are set to soar again Labor Day weekend.
A number of beaches across the Bay Area will be closed over Labor Day weekend to prevent events that could spread COVID-19.
A Fire Weather Watch has been declared for parts of the Bay Area next week, following an expected heat wave Labor Day weekend that is set to bring record high temperatures.
As firefighters approach full containment on the lightning-caused fires burning for more than two weeks in Northern California, they are also bracing for possible flare-ups because of an approaching heat wave this weekend.
Much of the Bay Area continued to suffer under a blanket of wildfire smoke Thursday, even though the heavy burning from fires burning in the region is finished.
To show his appreciation for the hard work of the crews battling the wildfires, Master BBQ Chef Jim Modesitt, with help from the Gary Sinise Foundation, has been feeding the exhausted first responders.
Despite having some of the most acreage burned and evacuees from the SCU Lightning Complex fires, Santa Clara County is one of the few Bay Area counties that has not been approved for a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration that would provide federal assistance to residents.
The upcoming heat wave over the Labor Day weekend is expected to impact current fire-fighting efforts, increase fire risk and has already triggered a energy flex alert for Saturday through Monday.
Containment of the CZU Lightning Complex fires burning in southern San Mateo County and northern Santa Cruz County reached 45 percent as of Tuesday evening.
The SCU Lightning Complex fires in Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced, and San Benito counties are now 72 percent contained.
A new wildfire research center opened Tuesday at San Jose State University, school officials announced.
PG&E is using both helicopters and drones over the next two weeks to perform transmission line inspections in Marin and Sonoma counties.
A volunteer fire department in Cresson Texas near Fort Worth said Monday one of its firefighters died battling West Coast wildfire and, later, the Forest Service said one firefighter was killed and another injured battling a Northern California blaze.
