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California’s fire season is starting off worse than normal, and SoCal fires are almost entirely to blame
The Gifford fire straddling a rural stretch of the Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo county line continued to grow Monday, ...
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UPDATE: Gifford Fire grows to 72,460 acres by Monday evening
Evacuation warnings were expanded in San Luis Obispo County on Monday as the Gifford Fire continues to grow. Zones SLC-311, ...
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Long Fire burns 3 to 5 acres near Lake Hennessey, prompts evacuations in Napa County
The fire was reported about 3:40 p.m. east of Rutherford. It reportedly burned at least five acres as of 4 p.m.
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Rosa Fire: 1200 acres, zero percent containment, Hwy. 74 shut down from Hwy. 371 to Palm Desert
Highway 74 remains shut down as a vegetation fire has burned around 1,200 acres between Anza and Pinyon Pines, with zero ...
Cal Fire firefighter, 26, dies in off-duty accident; had served Amador-El Dorado
Christion Schoenfeld was in Cal Fire’s Mendocino Unit; he had served two years as a handcrew firefighter in Amador-El Dorado ...
CAL FIRE demonstrates retardant drop dangers, plans Ramona Air Base upgrades
CAL FIRE demonstrated the potentially destructive force of aerial retardant drops while announcing plans for a $12 million ...
Nearly 2,000 responders fighting southern California wildfire
A wildfire that ignited Friday in Southern California has exploded to tens of thousands of acres as nearly 2,000 firefighters ...
Map: Gifford Fire closing in on wildfire season’s top spot
At the end of Sunday, Aug. 3, the wildfire was mapped at 65,061 acres (101 square miles) — an increase of more than 25,000 ...