By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Maui police held a news conference on Monday to show 16 minutes of body camera footage taken the day a wildfire tore through Lahaina town in August, including video of officers rescuing 15 people from a coffee shop and...
PG&E’s Plan To Bury CA Power Lines and Prevent Wildfires Faces Opposition Because of High Rates
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press VACAVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric — one of the nation's largest utilities whose equipment has sparked some of California's deadliest wildfires — wants to bury power lines in some of its most at-risk areas to prevent...
Evacuations Are Underway in Argentina’s Cordoba Province As Wildfires Grow Amid Heat Wave
JUST IN: Shocking footage of fast-moving wildfires approaching Villa Carlos Paz in Argentina right now pic.twitter.com/ROB9Q6mXnN — Anonymous (@YourAnonOne) October 10, 2023 BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Dozens of people were evacuated from their homes in...
Orange County (CA) Files Lawsuits Alleging Power Company Equipment Sparked Wildfires
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California county has filed lawsuits alleging a major power company's negligence caused two wildfires that collectively burned thousands of acres and prompted the evacuation of tens of thousands of people. Orange County, which is...
Wildfire-Prone CA Weighs New Rules for Property Insurance Pricing
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will let insurance companies consider climate change when setting their prices, the state's chief regulator announced Thursday, a move aimed at preventing insurers from fleeing the state over fears of...
In a State Used to Hurricanes and Flooding, LA is Battling an Unprecedented Wildfire Season
By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana, typically one of the wettest states in the country, is on fire. In communities often challenged by flooding and hurricanes this time of year, firefighters instead are fending off 300-foot-tall (91.44...
Four Firefighters Heading Home After Battling B.C. Wildfires Die in Vehicle Crash in Canada
VICTORIA, British Columbia (AP) — Four firefighters travelling home after battling British Columbia’s wildfires died Wednesday in a road crash. B.C. Premier David Eby and Forests Minister Bruce Ralston said in a joint statement the firefighters died in a motor vehicle...
Three Firefighters Killed in Turkish Firefighting Helicopter Crash
ISTANBUL (AP) — Underwater teams are trying to recover a helicopter that crashed in a lake over the weekend, killing three crew members, while fighting a forest fire in western Turkey, state media reported Monday. Four crew members were aboard the firefighting...
CA Regulators Propose Higher Rates for PG&E Customers to Reduce Wildfire Risk
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Power bills for about 16 million people in Northern California will likely increase after state regulators released two rate proposals for one of the nation's largest utilities Wednesday. The California Public Utilities Commission is...
Critical Fire Weather Arrives in Northern CA
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Gusty winds and low humidity brought a high risk of wildfires to the interior of Northern California on Wednesday, and a utility proactively cut electricity to about 8,400 customers to prevent...
Maui (HI) Update: 388 People Identified as Still Missing After Deadly Wildfire
LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Maui County released the names of 388 people still missing Thursday more than two weeks after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century, and officials asked anyone who knows a person on the list to be safe to contact authorities. The...
Videos Put Scrutiny on Downed Power Lines as Possible Cause of Deadly Maui (HI) Wildfires
By MICHAEL BIESECKER, BERNARD CONDON and JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press Awakened by howling winds that tore through his Maui neighborhood, Shane Treu went out at dawn and saw a wooden power pole suddenly snap with a flash, its sparking, popping line falling to...