Firefighters, Family, Friends Mourn Fireman Who Died Battling Ferguson Fire
Fellow firefighters, joined by family and friends, led a funeral procession through the streets of Fresno Saturday to honor one of their own.
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Fellow firefighters, joined by family and friends, led a funeral procession through the streets of Fresno Saturday to honor one of their own.
Wildfires fueled by dry vegetation and hot, windy weather continued to grow Saturday in Mendocino and Lake counties, destroying 55 homes and forcing thousands of residents to flee.
California's devastating wildfires have been fueled by drought, heat and what Calfire calls missed opportunities to clear overgrown forests.
A new mandatory evacuation order went out in Mendocino County Friday afternoon for the River Fire, according to authorities.
For many Californians, wildfire season has turned into a series of upheavals that starts with terror of approaching flames.
An air quality advisory has been issued for Friday due to smoke from the Mendocino Complex fire and other wildfires burning throughout Northern California, according to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.
It's the kind of finding one would suspect from National Weather Service investigators along Tornado Alley in the wake of a deadly storm front.
Mandatory evacuation orders were issued Thursday for residents living along the western shore of Clear Lake as a wildfire continued its destructive march northward.
Just a month into the budget year, California has already spent more than one-quarter of its annual fire budget, at least $125 million.
Thousands of firefighters in Mendocino and Lake counties on Wednesday continued to battle the wildfires that have forced thousands to evacuate the region since Sunday.
There is nothing easy or simple about the battle being waged against the 16 major wildfires raging throughout California.
Not all firefighters carry a hose or shovel.
The deadly Carr Fire burning in Northern California reached another grim milestone early Wednesday.
A third blaze erupted in Northern California Tuesday afternoon near the rural town of Covelo in Mendocino County.
Additional mandatory evacuations for Trinity County were announced Sunday night for the massive Carr Fire, according to authorities.
A fire erupted at Lake Berryessa in Napa County and it has already forced evacuations and left a trail of destruction.
President Donald Trump issued an emergency declaration for California on Saturday, allowing counties affected by wildfires to receive federal assistance.
As if the Carr Fire evacuees don't have enough to worry about, now there are concerns about looting.
Fire officials said they expect by Saturday evening to completely contain the 247-acre Marsh Fire that started Wednesday south of Clayton.
The death count from the rapidly-growing Carr Fire rose to five Saturday after two young children and their great-grandmother who had been unaccounted for were confirmed dead.
It will be another week before Yosemite Valley reopens as the Ferguson Fire rages on the western edge of the park.
Two blazes burning 30 miles apart are threatening dozens of buildings and have prompted mandatory evacuations in Mendocino County and Lake County.
The Carr Fire has now damaged or destroyed 500 structures and it is threatening 5,000 more. More than 37,000 people have been evacuated.
California's governor made a direct request to President Donald Trump and FEMA Friday, asking for a Presidential Emergency Declaration to help Shasta County in the wake of the destructive Carr Fire.
Three Marin County firefighters were injured early Friday when their engine was struck by a 'heat blast' as they fought the deadly flames of the Carr Fire protecting homes in a Redding neighborhood.
