Loma Fire 56 Percent Contained; A Dozen Homes Burned, Hundreds Threatened
The blaze has charred about 6 1/2 square miles and is still threatening 325 structures.
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The blaze has charred about 6 1/2 square miles and is still threatening 325 structures.
The blaze has destroyed 12 homes and 16 outbuildings and damaged one other home.
The Loma Fire burning in the Santa Cruz Mountains has grown to 4,313 acres and is 34 percent contained, Cal Fire officials said Friday morning.
A firefighter has been injured and 8 homes destroyed in the Loma Fire burning in the Santa Cruz Mountains, according to state fire officials.
The Loma Fire has grown to 2,250 acres in the Santa Cruz Mountains of southern Santa Clara County since Monday afternoon.
A home was damaged as a result of a two-alarm vegetation fire caused by a teenager playing with matches in Novato.
The Loma Fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains grew to 2,250 acres as of Tuesday evening, destroying one home, damaging another and leading to hundreds of evacuations, according to Cal Fire.
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said the blaze near the small city Cloverdale has charred about 1,500 acres.
More than 500 firefighters were battling a fire that grew to 1,500 acres Sunday afternoon in unincorporated Sonoma County, Cal Fire officials said.
A bulldozer operator was injured Friday fighting the Soberanes Fire in Monterey County near Big Sur.
Authorities say a firefighter assigned to a blaze at a California military base was killed and another was seriously hurt when a water tanker truck overturned on a highway.
Nearly two months after it started, the deadly Soberanes Fire near Big Sur in Monterey County has become the costliest fire to fight in U.S. history.
A wildfire at a central California Air Force base that forced the postponement of a weekend satellite launch has exploded in size and continues to burn out of control.
A wildfire burning at a central California Air Force base on Sunday forced the postponement of a satellite launch, officials said.
The threat from a dangerous fire source in the Oakland Hills is now greater than ever.
Around 60 percent of the Tamarancho Fire has been contained according to Marin County Fire spokesman Bret McTigue.
Fighting fire with fire may be the real solution to solving California's ever-worsening wildfire seasons, according to an expert at UC Berkeley.
Faced with a shrinking pool of inmates to help fight major wildfires, California is increasingly turning for new recruits to its state Conservation Corps.
Firefighters found 3 separate fires burning along Highway 37, which they were later able to bring under control.
Authorities say a GPS tracker revealed the vehicle of an arson suspect was at the scene of a destructive wildfire about a minute before it started.
A new wildfire is forcing evacuations near the town of Paradise in Butte County.
The fatal Soberanes Fire in Monterey County's Los Padres National Forest has consumed more than 100,000 acres and is currently 60 percent contained, according to Cal Fire.
Southern Nevada is spending Labor Day weekend under an air quality advisory thanks to wildfire smoke from California.
A woman allegedly driving on the metal rim of her car's wheel sparked a 450-acre wildfire just east of the town of San Andreas that threatened homes, and forced evacuations in the area.
Firefighters working the 91,453-acre Soberanes Fire in Monterey County say the blaze did not spread significantly Saturday, despite high temperatures and low humidity that are expected to persist Sunday.
