PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — Californians got a deadly wakeup call when more than 27,000 Paradise residents trying to escape the Camp Fire got caught in a nightmare traffic jam.
Decades of fire suppression have led to (unnaturally) large accumulations of fuel in some forest communities, such as the lower elevation forests of the Sierra Nevada. Urban sprawl into fire prone chaparral vegetation in southern California has put human lives at risk and the decreased fire ...
“Yesterday and today, we have had the lightning but it’s been associated with rainfall,” McCoy said Wednesday morning. “The fire potential isn’t as high as it has been in the past,” but it’s certainly still a risk. Dry lightning has already been linked to at least four fires t...
Prosecutors said additional charges may be filed for any further structure damage or injuries as the fire continues. Authorities have said Halstenberg's vehicle has been tied to areas where the fires were started on 5 September. The Line fire has threatened more than 65,000 homes and injured f...
Getting California fire insurance is difficult but not impossible. There are many home insurance companies still writing insurance throughout the state, and some are still serving high-fire-risk areas. If you’re struggling to secure fire insurance in California, other viable options may be the ...
The move comes as California's elected insurance commissioner undertakes a yearlong overhaul of home insurance regulations aimed at calmingthe state's imploding marketby giving insurers more latitude to raise premiums while extracting commitments from them to extend coverage in fire-risk areas, the ne...
It can be difficult for homeowners in high-risk wildfire areas to find adequate homeowners insurance coverage. If that’s the case for you, you may need to go with a last-resort coverage option, like the California FAIR Plan. Below is a breakdown of home insurance and FAIR Plans in The...
Smoke from the Line Fire has created unhealthy air quality in Highland and areas surrounding the blaze, according to Airnow.gov. Due to the fire, schools in the Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified School District will be closed on Monday. However, classrooms in the San Bernardino Unified School Dist...
REDDING, Calif. (AP) — How many roads are enough to get out? That's the question we wondered after watching tragedy unfold in Paradise, California, last year during the Camp Fire.