Evacuations Ordered As Winds Fuel Northern California Fires
Evacuations were ordered as dry, hot winds fueled a wildfire burning out of control Sunday in rural Northern California, sending a stream of smoke some 75 miles south into the Bay Area.
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Evacuations were ordered as dry, hot winds fueled a wildfire burning out of control Sunday in rural Northern California, sending a stream of smoke some 75 miles south into the Bay Area.
A fast-moving fire broke out Saturday afternoon in Yolo County, near Highway 16. The so-called Guinda Fire has charred some 8,000 acres and prompted hundreds of evacuations.
Firefighters knocked down a two-alarm vegetation fire on Ygnacio Valley Road near Oak Grove Road in Walnut Creek on Saturday.
The Pawnee Fire in Lake County that has prompted assistance from many Bay Area fire agencies is now 40 percent contained as of Thursday morning.
The Pawnee Fire continued to rage out of control and barrel toward neighborhoods in Lake County on Monday.
Tears welled up in Wayne McKennon's eyes as he was questioned about the cruel fate that had befallen him and his neighbors.
Firefighters battled a 10-acre fire south of Antioch that damaged six buildings and several cars, and sent two people to the hospital.
Two people were reported taken to a local hospital after being injured in a two-alarm fire in the 4300 block of Deer Hill Lane in southeast Antioch.
Firefighters in the East Bay were put to the test Saturday afternoon, when a fast moving fire broke out.
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors was advised on Monday to hire six full-time emergency response-related employees at a cost of $1.2 million in the wake of the 2017 October Wildfires.
A Santa Rosa woman rebuilding after losing her home in the North Bay wildfires, missed her stainless steel sink so much she wrote to the CEO of Kohler to find a replacement.
A substation and adjacent warehouse that stored a drilling rig at the Puna Geothermal Venture were covered by lava near Hawaii's erupting Kilauea volcano.
A series of wind-driven fires burning in eastern Alameda and Contra Costa counties since Wednesday afternoon are 85 percent contained as of Thursday morning.
Alameda County fire officials confirm crews are responding to seven growing grass fires in Byron near Mountain House Road and Grantline Road in the Altamont area near Byron.
A Bay Area lawmaker is accusing PG&E of covering up after a new report blames the utility company for sparking several fires in Northern California.
Dan Bradford became the first Sonoma County resident to complete rebuilding and move back into his home since the October wildfires ravaged the North Bay.
State fire officials blame power lines coming into contact with trees for sparking four Northern California wildfires last October that incinerated more than 130 buildings.
Firefighters have contained a 3- to 5-acre grass and oak woodland fire in American Canyon Monday afternoon, a Cal Fire captain said.
Gov. Jerry Brown signed an executive order on Thursday that aims to reduce the dangers of wildfires following some of the most destructive blazes in state history.
The Press Democrat of Santa Rosa has won the Pulitzer Prize in breaking news for coverage of devastating wildfires that swept through wine country in October.
Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday signed an executive order removing barriers to mobile home construction and placement in an effort to help residents displaced by the recent Southern California mudslides and wildfires.
Heavy rains have brought erosion concerns to the thousands of empty lots burned out by the wine country wildfires.
California state agencies spent nearly $1.8 billion fighting fierce wildfires that killed dozens of people and destroyed thousands of homes and businesses last year.
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors Tuesday will discuss a state report on how the county's alert system functioned during the October wildfires that destroyed 5,300 homes and killed 24 people.
Investigators have determined that power lines buffeted by heavy winds ignited at least two small fires the night of Oct. 8 in North Bay neighborhoods.
