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Two firefighters are among a crew of more than 150 who have been struggling to contain the Collett Ridge Fire in the far southwestern corner of North Carolina. Dry, warm weather has helped sustain ...
While most of the larger fires that raged throughout Western North Carolina this fall have abated, the Black Bear Fire in the Haywood County region of Pisgah National Forest has grown 120 acres ...
Smoke from the Dixie fire Aug. 20, 2021, in Susanville, Calif. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times) An amicus brief filed last year by Service Employees International Union Local 1000, ... In Other News.
The Hog Fire was a wildfire that broke out on July 18, 2020, from an unknown cause near Susanville, the county seat of Lassen County, California. Within the first few days, the fire quickly spread to over 8,000 acres. [2] Hog grew to a mere 9,564 acres, before it was fully extinguished on August 17, 2020.
The Dixie Fire's advance northward was slowed by the 2012 Reading Fire footprint, but the Dixie Fire ultimately burned 73,240 acres within the park—approximately 69% of the park's total area. 12,845 acres, or 18% of that area, burned at a severity that left the landscape unchanged. 34,450 acres, or 49% of the burned area in the park, burned ...
The 2021 Dixie Fire was an enormous wildfire in Butte, Plumas, Lassen, Shasta, and Tehama counties in Northern California. [4] Named after a nearby Dixie Road, [5] the fire began in the Feather River Canyon near Cresta Dam in Butte County on July 13, 2021, and burned 963,309 acres (389,837 ha) before it was declared 100 percent contained on October 25, 2021. [6]
A forest fire burning 26 miles east of Asheville has grown up to 130 acres as fire fighters burn trees and brush to save homes. The fire in McDowell County has been dubbed the Locust Cove No. 2 Fire.
Skies turned red near Susanville, California, as smoke from the Dixie Fire was blown by strong winds across Lassen County on August 5.Authorities in Lassen County issued new mandatory evacuation ...