California woman charged with arson following business fire
Police have arrested Elizabeth Huston of Nevada County on Friday, and she is charged with…
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El Centro firemen deployed to Boise Fire
An Imperial Valley strike team is heading out to northern California to fight the Boise…
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Vehicle catches on fire
The Rural Metro Fire Department responded to a vehicle fire in the area of County 15th Street and Avenue 3E on…
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YFD personnel returns to Yuma after battling Park Fire
In a press release, they returned from California after the state’s authorites issued a mutual aid request for a Strike Team deployment to battle the…
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Rural Metro speaks on recent fires in Yuma County
According to Rural Metro, they have had to respond to almost 10 residential related fires since the begging of…
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California firefighters put out “terrain-driven” brush fire
The blaze was first reported at around 3:15pm Sunday just east of Ernest E. Debs Regional Park in the area of N. Monterey Road, according to the Los…
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California firefighters contain small brush fire
The fire was reported at around 5:30pm in the area of N. Balboa Boulevard, near the Sepulveda Basin Sports Complex in Granada Hills, according to the…
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Evacuations underway as Quilici Fire burns at least 300 acres
Evacuations are underway as a fire near the Nevada-California state line continues to burn. Firefighters say progress is being made in the efforts to…
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One house declared a total loss, Rural Metro on scene
Rural Metro says one house was declared a total loss and another house and a couple of backyards were…
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California firefighters battle fire at a pallet yard
Fire crews responded to a fire at a pallet yard in Modesto Friday night that spread to buildings, the fire department…
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Shed fire put out in Fortuna Foothills
The shed, a boat and sand rail were considered a total loss in the…
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Crozier Fire burns 67 acres, evacuations in place
Cal Fire says the Crozier Fire is burning in El Dorado County, and evacuations are in place for the Mosquito and Swansboro…
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Australian firefighting tanker helps battle California’s Park Fire
The Park Fire, burning across four Northern California counties, reached an estimated size of 414,890 acres on Tuesday, August 6, becoming the fourth…
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Brush fire in California burns at least one home
The “Edgehill Fire” broke out around 3:00pm Monday in the Little Mountain area and quickly spread to what authorities described as an “immediate…
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Fire officials in Colorado lift evaucation orders in Alexander Mountain Fire
According to officials, the wildfire reached 54% containment as of Sunday. Fire crews say containment continues to increase significantly. They say…
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Global non-profit helps California man who lost home in Park and Camp Fires
Volunteers from Team Rubicon came to Forest Ranch, California to help Rick Pero and his wife find memorable items, including their cat,…
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Rural Metro put out fire that destroyed a date-packing building
According to RMFD, the fire took several hours to put out and exposures of the flames were in all…
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Hawaiian governor announces $4 billion settlement reached over Maui wildfires
Hawaii Governor Josh Green says the state’s largest power utility, Hawaiian Electric, and other defendants have reached a tentative deal to pay more…
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El Centro Fire Strike Team sent to help fight Park Fire
The El Centro Fire Strike Team left the Valley this week to help fight the Park Fire, but not all of the team is fighting at the front…
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Nixon Fire burns more than 4,500 acres, 0% contained
According to sources, the fire was progressing rapidly Tuesday toward mountains along the boundary separating Riverside and San Diego Counties, with…
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