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The River Fire was a wildfire that broke out from a lightning storm early on August 16, 2020 in Monterey County, California, south of Salinas, near River Road and Mount Toro. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Within its first day, it spread to 2,000 acres and was 10% contained; mandatory evacuations were ordered, while air and ground crews worked the fire.
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Robert Hernandez, 38, a Cal Fire fire apparatus engineer, was arrested and charged with six felonies, including arson during a state of emergency. California fire agency engineer arrested ...
A 2016 report from the National Volunteer Fire Council estimates that more than 100 firefighters in the U.S, are arrested on arson charges each year. Wildfires have burned nearly 1m acres in ...
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At 8:15 pm on Tuesday night, CAL FIRE has reported that the Hennessey Fire had consumed 10,000 acres, the Gamble Fire off of Berryessa Knoxville Road has also consumed 10,000 acres, the Spanish Fire near Spanish Flat had grown to 1,000 acres, the "15-10" near Putah Creek Bridge had burned 8,000 acres, and the newly-ignited Markley Fire near the ...
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The Ranch Fire alone burned 410,203 acres (1,660 km 2), making it the largest wildfire in modern California history at the time until the August Complex fire that occurred in 2020. [3] The Ranch Fire also surpassed the size of the 315,577-acre Rush Fire, which burned across California and Nevada, [10] as well as the Santiago Canyon Fire of 1889 ...