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A Cal Fire firefighting engineer accused of sparking at least five fires in Northern California forest lands was arrested Friday by investigators. Stunned Cal Fire officials announced the arrest ...
The Line Fire started around 6:33 p.m. Sept. 5 and has destroyed 34,289 acres inside the San Bernardino National Forest. The blaze was only 14 percent contained as of Wednesday morning, according ...
The Line Fire ignited on September 5th at around 6:00 p.m. PST along Baseline Road, [5] near its intersection with Alpin Street in East Highlands. The fire was originally named the Baseline Fire. The fire spread from that point into the San Bernardino National Forest. [6] A progression map of the Line Fire as of October 1, 2024
A helicopter drops water over the Thompson Fire near the Oroville Damn on Wednesday, July 3, 2024. Four firefighters and four structures have been lost in the fast moving wildfire that prompted ...
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) [2] [3] is the fire department of the California Natural Resources Agency in the U.S. state of California.It is responsible for fire protection in various areas under state responsibility totaling 31 million acres, as well as the administration of the state's private and public forests.
[6] [5] Despite its small size, the brush fire was the worst wildfire to affect San Diego City in two years, since the Cedar Fire of 2003. [5] The wildfire resulted in 6 injuries, but did not result in structural damages. [6] [5] The brush fire determined to have been started by a teenage boy, who was subsequently arrested. [6]
Read more:Southern California wildfires: Maps, evacuations, shelters. The Bridge fire, the largest of the four, was nearing 50,000 acres in size Wednesday afternoon, and was 0% contained. It began ...
California's 2012 wildfire season saw 7,950 wildfires burn a total of 869,599 acres (3,519.14 km 2); [1]: 62 these included the massive Rush Fire, which was the tenth-largest wildfire recorded in California in modern times, and the Ponderosa Fire, which destroyed 133 structures.