Current National Wildfire Statistics, as of Wednesday, September 11, 2024 - 09:32 National Interagency Coordination Center The Airport Fire began around 1 p.m. PT on Tuesday, sparked by county public works crews working on a fire prevention project by trying to move boulders to ...
They said it could take weeks to fully contain the blazes raging across Northern and Southern California. So far, at least 44 people have been killed -- 42 in the "Camp Fire" alone, making it the deadliest wildfire in California history. More than a dozen coroner search and recov...
Network Update Camp Fire: Butte County In addition to the progress noted in yesterday’s update, Verizon engineers restored service to one more cell site in Paradise today. 100% restoration is the goal and our teams are working 24x7 to make that happen as quickly as possible. Woolsey Fire: ...
november 21, 2018 share via close extra sharing options nov. 21, 2018 paradise narrowed its main road by two lanes despite warnings of gridlock during a major wildfire by paige st. john paradise narrowed its main road through town as well as two other st...
“With the dramatic growth in wildland fire over the last three decades and an expected doubling again by mid-century, it only makes sense that Congress begin treating catastrophic wildfire as the natural disaster that it is,” Sally Jewell, secretary of the Interior, wrote in a letter to law...
The massive wildfires have generated unhealthy levels of smoke in Southern California. The South Coast Air Quality Management District issued a wildfire smoke advisory, valid until Tuesday night, for a large part of the region. "Smoke from the Line, Bridge, and Airport fires is expected to cause...
Favorable weather conditions overnight into Tuesday allowed crews to build and strengthen wildfire control lines around the perimeter of the blaze, Cal Fire said. "Control lines are secured around the entire perimeter of the fire," the agency said in a Wednesday morning update. "Heavy mop-up op...
UPDATE 9/21:Lingering wildfire smoke from NorCal, Oregon fires prompts extension of Spare the Air alert The district hadpreviously issued an air quality advisory through Wednesdaybut upgraded it to the Spare the Air alert - which bans burning wood, fire logs or other solid fuel - becaus...
A WILDFIRE raging on the edge of the Yosemite National Park yesterday threatened both one of America’s premier sites of natural beauty and a reservoir that supplies San Francisco. The massive blaze, which began nine days ago, has grown to become the 13th largest in California’s recorded hist...
Kate Brown said that her state is experiencing “unprecedented fire with significant damage and devastating consequences across the entire state” at a news conference today. “This could be the greatest loss of human lives and property due to wildfire in our state’s history,” Brown added. ...