Washburn Fire in Yosemite National Park reaches 79% containment
Firefighters have made significant progress against a wildfire that began in Yosemite National Park and burned into the Sierra National Forest.
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Firefighters have made significant progress against a wildfire that began in Yosemite National Park and burned into the Sierra National Forest.
Crews have contained a vegetation fire early Wednesday that started Tuesday night in the area of North Flynn Road near the Altamont Pass in the northeastern corner of Alameda County.
A vegetation fire was burning Monday in a Pittsburg neighborhood, the latest in a series of fires in the area.
Multiple vegetation fires burned overnight in Pittsburg Monday before fire crews were able to contain them.
Evacuations were lifted late Friday morning, a day after the Peter Fire destroyed 12 structures including several homes and scorched vegetation in Shasta County.
California firefighters gained ground Monday in the battle against a wildfire that poses a threat to a grove of giant sequoias and a small community in Yosemite National Park.
A heat wave was developing in California on Monday but winds were light as firefighters battled a wildfire that poses a threat to a grove of giant sequoias and a small community in Yosemite National Park.
An air quality advisory goes into effect Monday for parts of the Bay Area due to smoke from the Washburn Fire in Yosemite National Park.
The Washburn Fire in Yosemite National Park has exploded in growth overnight, growing to over 1,800 acres as of Sunday morning.
The largest grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park remained closed Saturday as firefighters battled a blaze that threatened the gathering of the iconic trees and forced hundreds of campers to evacuate.
Mandatory evacuations were lifted in the Armsby Fire on Friday evening, hours after the vegetation fire broke out in an unincorporated area west of Morgan Hill.
Favorable weather early Wednesday aided the fight against a wildfire in California's Gold Country that has forced evacuations in two counties.
Big Basin Redwoods State Park in Santa Cruz County is partially reopening for the first time since the CZU Lightning Complex Fire destroyed much of the park in August 2020.
Improving weather helped firefighters stop the spread of a Sierra Nevada wildfire that forced evacuation of several hundred people from their homes and injured 13 firefighters and a civilian.
As monsoonal moisture brought rare thunderstorms to parts of California on Wednesday, firefighters and communities across the Bay Area were on heightened alert.
The utility company is going full throttle on a fairly new automated system that will immediately shut off power lines when it detects objects such as broken tree limbs that could spark a fire.
As fire season approaches and wildfires break out all over the Bay Area due to extreme heat, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) announced this week that it is fully staffed and ready to go.
Cal Fire is busy identifying the areas statewide that are most vulnerable to severe wildfires, updating the agency's fire hazard severity zones map for the first time since 2007.
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Santa Rosa crews contained a blaze that struck a shopping center near state Highway 12 (Sonoma Highway) on Tuesday night, according to fire officials.
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