UPDATE: Sacramento Man Charged With Starting Robbers Fire
A 28-year-old Sacramento man was arrested on Friday and charged with causing the Robbers Fire that has burned more than 2,600 acres in rural Placer County.
A 28-year-old Sacramento man was arrested on Friday and charged with causing the Robbers Fire that has burned more than 2,600 acres in rural Placer County.
The Robbers Fire has made a significant run on Thursday because of the extremely high temperatures, and strike teams are on order for structure protection.
Massive firestorms swallowing up forestland and homes by the hundreds are sometimes called super fires, and Northern California could be seeing them in the near future.
Some residents in Truckee were evacuated Monday afternoon after a grass fire threatened their homes.
A quickly growing grass fire burned close to 200 acres near Thunder Valley Casino on Thursday afternoon.
Cal Fire says it has already had twice as many fire calls this year then last year because of the dry winter and hot spring.
A vacant home in Colfax went up in flames Tuesday, and it didn't come as a surprise to neighbors who say it's been a trouble spot ever since it went vacant about a year ago.
Grass fires in February and rain totals well below normal mean Northern California is on tap for the earliest fire season in recent memory.
Cal Fire says low snowfall combined with the dry, windy conditions means there's a higher risk of fire.
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Firefighters in Northern California were kept busy throughout the night as they battled a series of lightning-sparked fires.
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Downed power lines triggered a brush fire that quickly ballooned to more than 150 acres, and crews are working to contain the flames despite limited access to the area.
Cal Fire is fired up over how the budget battle might make battling fires a lot more difficult. The department has used prisoners for years, but that workforce could be drying up.
The 3,000 square foot home is at 796 W. Wise Rd. About half of the home was on fire when CAL FIRE crews arrived, but fire crews could not salvage the rest of the home from the blaze, and it was completely destroyed.
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