Jackson County Sheriff Nathan Sickler said Friday that a 41-year-old man was jailed on two charges of arson for a fire that started Tuesday in the Phoenix area in southern Oregon. Sickler said the Almeda fire, which burned hundreds of homes, had ignition points in Ashland near the spot ...
However, geothermal energy isn't widely used despite being clean and renewable. It's expensive and often location-specific, usually near tectonic plate boundaries. But according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), geothermal power could become a significant source of electric...
Three wildfires near the towering Mount Shasta volcano an hour’s drive from the Oregon border have burned around 60 square miles of land.Damage was reported at the Salt Fire, which broke out Wednesday near Interstate 5 and prompted evacuations for some roads in Lakehead, an unincorporated ...
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Hundreds of firefighters battled two large wildfires Friday that threatened to merge near the most populated part of Oregon, including the suburbs of Portland, and the governor said dozens of people are missing in other parts of the s
Early Thursday, Jan. 23, the agency announced they were tackling a new blaze, the Sepulveda Fire, which erupted near the 405 Freeway. Firefighters are working tirelessly to contain the ongoing fires. Click hereto learn more about how to help the victims of the L.A. fires. ...
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Baird’s neighborhood near Lahainaluna Road was filled with kids who were home alone when the flames hit, he said. “We needed like 10 more minutes, and we could have saved a lot of kids,” he said, choking back tears. “If we’d just had like a 10- or 15-minute warning.”...
"Two-near death experiences that you just don't expect," Deseriee Edman said. Deseriee, who spoke to CBS L.A. from out of state Thursday night, said she's still processing what happened at the Borderline Bar and with the Woolsey Fire. ...
However, California now has over 129 million dead trees in its forests – and a long history of refusing to thin them out, clear brush or permit others to do so. Fuel levels in Aussie forest, brush and grasslands areas have likewise climbed to near-historic levels in recent years. The ...
Yam, after grabbing a few hours of sleep, is heading back into the field now. He just posted this shot he took Sunday, taken near Middletown, Calif. See more images from the fires in Northern California >> 7:21 A.M. All the fires burning in California right now ...