Crews keep battling the nearly 5,000-acre wildfire in Southern California
The brush fire in Aguanga has grown to nearly 5,000 acres since it erupted on Monday, July 29. As of Wednesday morning, July 31, the blaze was 5% contained and …
Wildfires
Most Lake Shore fire evacuations lifted
Fueled by high heat and dry conditions, major wildfires continued to burn across thousands of acres of wildland near Boulder, Loveland, Lyons and in Jefferson County on Wednesday, killing at …
Map: Southern California Pole Fire
Crews responded to a vegetation fire in the Marianas neighborhood of Apple Valley on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. Apple Valley homes face evacuation warning as vegetation fire burns some 350 …
Toilet paper and flat tires — the strange ways that Californians ignite wildfires
BY JULIE CART | CalMatters Of all the insidious threats faced by wildland firefighters — extreme heat, desiccated forests, unpredictable fire behavior and a nearly year-round fire season — what …
Evacuated animals headed home following Park Fire relocation
OROVILLE — For Paradise ridge residents, the devastating Camp Fire will never be forgotten. The Park Fire brought back all those memories. Lori Auteri recalled the amount of stress she …
Man defends his home as Park Fire pushes devastation and spreads smoke across US West
By EUGENE GARCIA and JAIMIE DING | Associated Press COHASSET — In the small forest community of Cohasset, Ron Ward watched as flames hundreds of feet high from California’s deadly …
A historic California ghost town is decimated as the Park Fire and other massive wildfires rage
By Zoe Sottile, Susannah Cullinane and Holly Yan | CNN Wildfires are raging out of control in the Western United States and Canada – destroying homes, forcing evacuations and injuring …
Alexander Mountain Fire west of Loveland, Colorado: Monday updates
Editor’s note: The updates in this story are from Monday, July 29, with the latest updates added to the top of the below section. Follow Tuesday updates at Coloradoan.com here. …
Arson suspect reportedly ‘heavily intoxicated’ before Park Fire ignition
OROVILLE — The man accused of starting the Park Fire was reportedly seen leaving Bear Hole in Chico’s upper Bidwell Park “highly intoxicated” before high-centering his car near Alligator Hole …
Wildfire smoke may be worse for your brain than other air pollution, study says
Wildfire smoke may be worse for brain health than other types of air pollution, according to new research linking it to an increased risk of dementia. The findings, reported Monday …