Tag Archives: California

Wildfire has burned over 20,300 acres     WALKER, Calif. (AP) — A person killed when a ferocious wildfire tore through a remote community in California’s eastern Sierra Nevada this week has been identified as a 69-year-old woman, authorities said ...

ICE detained Keola prior to his release from prison     By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Among the thousands of firefighters who battled record-setting wildfires in California this year was Bounchan Keola, a 39-year-old immigrant from ...

Over 80 structures destroyed     By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A week before Thanksgiving, more than 100 residents were displaced Thursday by a wind-whipped wildfire that ravaged a remote mountain community in California and killed ...

Images from California   A wildfire tore though the Walker community in Mono County, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020.                      

PG&E’s aging equipment has sparked several major fires in recent years     SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — Sonoma County and several Northern California agencies sued Pacific Gas & Electric Co. on Tuesday over damage caused by a wildfire that ...

New rigs will join over 100 KME apparatus currently in service     Nesquehoning, PA – NOVEMBER 16, 2020 – KME Fire Apparatus, a subsidiary of REV Group® and a leading manufacturer of fire apparatus, announces the delivery of five ...

System has doubled in the past four months     SAN DIEGO (AP) — As the threat of wildfires has grown to a staggering level in California, so has its network of high-tech cameras watching the backcountry to spot the ...

California’s fire season has been starting earlier and ending later     By DAISY NGUYEN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Harvest season in Northern California’s wine country is what dream weddings are made of: ripe grapevines and golden sunsets ...

One of 14 hand crews working on the Creek Fire     Creek Fire Information The Texas Canyon Hotshots are one of 14 hand crews working on the #CreekFire and one of three hotshot crews. The 20-man crew, which hails ...

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