How wine country became the epicenter for fires in California
4 years, 2 months ago

How wine country became the epicenter for fires in California

LA Times  

The Bell Canyon reservoir glows orange as firefighters work to contain the the fire Sept. 27 at the Viader Vineyards & Winery. The Glass fire in Napa County burns on a mountainside Sept. 28 with the Beckstoffer Vineyards in the foreground in St. Helena, Calif. Perhaps no part of California has felt more threatened by fire in recent years than the vast expanse of wine country and the Redwood Empire north of San Francisco. Between the Tubbs and Nuns fires, which in 2017 burned almost 100,000 acres of trees and shrubs from Santa Rosa to Napa County to the east, and the 2019 Kincade fire, which scorched an additional 75,000 acres, most of the forested areas east of the city have seen flames sometime in the last few years. as the greatest threat to Santa Rosa, and it was something we’ve been trying to secure grants for, to aid in future vegetation management,” said the city’s assistant fire marshal, Paul Lowenthal. “When you have a drought year, critical fuel moistures, ignition and a wind event, then it’s just kind of the recipe,” said Craig Clements, a professor at San Jose State University’s Fire Weather Research Laboratory.

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Firefighters gain control over California wildfire, 100 structures destroyed
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Firefighters gain control over California wildfire, 100 structures destroyed

India Today  

Southern California firefighters gained ground Saturday on a wildfire that has ravaged more than 100 structures as gusty winds subsided with favourable weather conditions expected through the weekend. Evacuation orders were downgraded to warnings for residents in several areas of Ventura County, where the Mountain Fire held at around 32 square miles and was 21 per cent contained, authorities said. …

Firefighters advance on destructive blaze in California, aided by slower winds
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Firefighters advance on destructive blaze in California, aided by slower winds

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Southern California firefighters gained ground Saturday on a wildfire that has ravaged more than 100 structures as gusty winds subsided with favorable weather conditions expected through the weekend. Evacuation orders were downgraded to warnings for residents in several areas of Ventura County, where the Mountain Fire held at around 32 square miles and was 21% contained, authorities …

Northern California’s Park fire expands with no end or relief in sight
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Northern California’s Park fire expands with no end or relief in sight

LA Times  

Seen in a long-exposure photograph, the Park fire burns along Highway 32 in the Forest Ranch community of Butte County, Calif., on Thursday. And here’s today’s e-newspaper California’s largest fire roars with no relief in sight A hillside burns as the Park Fire tears though the Cohasset community in Butte County, Calif., on Thursday, July 25, 2024. Path of destruction …

California’s largest wildfire of the year explodes in size and destroys scores of buildings
4 months, 4 weeks ago

California’s largest wildfire of the year explodes in size and destroys scores of buildings

LA Times  

Clouds of smoke glow orange from the Park fire burning along Highway 32 in Northern California’s Butte County on Thursday. As of Friday afternoon, Cal Fire Butte County spokesperson Rick Carhart said officials do not have any information on whether the fire has damaged buildings at Richardson Springs. “It’s a very serious threat, depending on how this fire proceeds,” said …

Lightning and a burning car pushed into a gully are blamed for wildfires scorching the West
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Lightning and a burning car pushed into a gully are blamed for wildfires scorching the West

Associated Press  

A burning car pushed into a gully sparked California’s largest wildfire of the year, authorities said Thursday as they announced the arrest of a suspect. Also in California near the Nevada line, about 1,000 people remained displaced from their homes Thursday after evacuations were ordered Monday night when lightning sparked the Gold Complex fires that have burned more than 4 …

Thousands evacuate as Northern California wildfire spreads, with more hot weather expected
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Thousands evacuate as Northern California wildfire spreads, with more hot weather expected

Hindustan Times  

OROVILLE, Calif. — Firefighters lined roads to keep flames from reaching homes as helicopters dropped water on a growing wildfire Wednesday in Northern California that has forced at least 26,000 people to evacuate, as the state sweltered under extreme heat. Thousands evacuate as Northern California wildfire spreads, with more hot weather expected The Thompson fire broke out before noon Tuesday …

Northern California wildfire forces over 26000 people to evacuate
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Northern California wildfire forces over 26000 people to evacuate

Associated Press  

OROVILLE, Calif. — Officials in a Northern California community cancelled an annual Fourth of July fireworks celebration as an estimated 26,000 residents remained displaced by a growing wildfire, while hundreds of firefighters toiled under extreme heat to keep flames from reaching more homes. Oroville Mayor David Pittman said there was a “significant drop in the fire activity” Wednesday, and he …

New wildfires grow in Northern California as firefighters gain ground against big blaze in the south
6 months ago

New wildfires grow in Northern California as firefighters gain ground against big blaze in the south

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Big new wildfires challenged California firefighters Tuesday even as they increased containment of earlier blazes that erupted as dry north winds arrived over the weekend. AP AUDIO: New wildfires grow in Northern California as firefighters gain ground against big blaze in the south AP correspondent Julie Walker reports a wildfire outside of Los Angeles has burned more …

How California’s recent flooding could set the stage for a dangerous wildfire season
1 year, 10 months ago

How California’s recent flooding could set the stage for a dangerous wildfire season

CNN  

CNN — With vast stretches of desert that give way to towering, snow-capped mountains or the waters of the Pacific Ocean, California’s landscape has always been alluring. Noah Berger/AP An officer with Napa County Animal Control rescues a cat after the Glass Fire passed through Napa Valley, California, on September 28, 2020. Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images Flames from the …

A Northern California wildfire has injured several people and destroyed homes
2 years, 3 months ago

A Northern California wildfire has injured several people and destroyed homes

NPR  

A Northern California wildfire has injured several people and destroyed homes Enlarge this image toggle caption Hung T. Vu/The Record Searchlight via AP Hung T. Vu/The Record Searchlight via AP WEED, Calif. — Thousands of people remained under evacuation orders Saturday after a wind-whipped wildfire raged through rural Northern California, injuring people and torching an unknown number of homes. Allison …

California’s Oak Fire: What, where and why?
2 years, 4 months ago

California’s Oak Fire: What, where and why?

Al Jazeera  

Key questions answered about the blaze that is raging in US’s central California. US firefighters have started to bring under control California’s wildfire, the largest so far this year, halting its eastward expansion towards nearby Yosemite National Park, while thousands of people remained under evacuation orders. The so-called “Oak Fire” in central California broke out on Friday and is raging …

Photos: Oak fire near Yosemite explodes in size, destroys homes
2 years, 5 months ago

Photos: Oak fire near Yosemite explodes in size, destroys homes

LA Times  

As the sun rose over the Sierra Nevada foothills, it appeared burnt orange through hazy skies in Mariposa County. Firefighters put out hotspots from the Oak fire along Darrah Road near Mariposa on Tuesday. A firefighting helicopter drops water on the Oak fire in a mountainous area near Mariposa on Tuesday. The Oak Fire burns behind a scorched pickup truck …

‘We no longer have a fire season. We have a fire year.’ Heat, winds fuel two winter blazes in Southern California
2 years, 10 months ago

‘We no longer have a fire season. We have a fire year.’ Heat, winds fuel two winter blazes in Southern California

LA Times  

The fire broke out around 4 a.m. in a wilderness area between Laguna Beach and Emerald Bay near Coast Highway. In Orange County, similar conditions challenged crews fighting the Emerald fire, which broke out around 4 a.m. in the wilderness area between Laguna Beach and Emerald Bay near Coast Highway. California Fire near Laguna Beach: Evacuations, closures Irvine Cove, Emerald …

California firefighters chase new fires ignited by lightning
3 years, 3 months ago

California firefighters chase new fires ignited by lightning

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Firefighters scrambled Friday to quash fires ignited by lightning as thunderstorms with mostly small but welcome amounts of rain rumbled across drought-stricken Northern California, where forests have been burning for weeks. Firefighters were diverted from the huge Caldor Fire south of Lake Tahoe to fight multiple overnight lightning fires throughout El Dorado County, according to the local …

Firefighters achieve mixed success in containing Northern California fires
3 years, 5 months ago

Firefighters achieve mixed success in containing Northern California fires

LA Times  

Firefighters battle the Sugar fire, part of the Beckwourth Complex fire, in Plumas National Forest last week. It’s the slope and it’s the really dry fuels, they just really take off.” The Beckwourth Complex is the name for two separate fires — the greater is the Sugar fire, which started when lightning struck on July 2 and spread to 104,754 …

California firefighters battle big wildfires in high heat
3 years, 5 months ago

California firefighters battle big wildfires in high heat

Associated Press  

REDDING, Calif. — Hundreds of firefighters worked Thursday in high heat to beat back three large wildfires in the forests of far Northern California, where the flames destroyed several homes and forced some communities to evacuate. “It is very hot and dry,” said Suzi Johnson, a Shasta-Trinity National Forest spokeswoman for the Salt Fire, which broke out Wednesday and grew …

California firefighters battle big wildfires in high heat
3 years, 5 months ago

California firefighters battle big wildfires in high heat

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Hundreds of firefighters worked Thursday …

Fire-ravaged California Wine Country: We’re still here
4 years, 1 month ago

Fire-ravaged California Wine Country: We’re still here

CNN  

Healdsburg, California CNN — The subject of the call was dire: Scattered reports of fire. Tom Davies, president and managing partner of sister winery V. Sattui, said the castle “got lucky.” Philippe and Cherie Melka, owners of Melka Estates & Winery in St. Helena Mariana Calderon Photography Philippe and Cherie Melka, owners of Melka Estates & Winery in St. Helena, …

California wildfire evacuees return home to find devastation
4 years, 2 months ago

California wildfire evacuees return home to find devastation

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The massive blazes are also becoming harder to …

Fourth death confirmed as fires continue to torch Northern California
4 years, 2 months ago

Fourth death confirmed as fires continue to torch Northern California

LA Times  

Flames are visible from the Zogg fire on Clear Creek Road near Igo, Calif. Another person has died as a result of the fast-moving Zogg fire burning in Shasta County, officials announced Wednesday, raising the blaze’s death toll to four. “Now’s the time for our firefighters to buckle down,” said Billy See, Cal Fire incident commander. “I can’t begin to …

California's wine country residents face fire fatigue
4 years, 2 months ago

California's wine country residents face fire fatigue

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In 2017, Abrams woke up to find their Santa …

California wine country fire quadruples in size, more evacuations ordered
4 years, 2 months ago

California wine country fire quadruples in size, more evacuations ordered

Live Mint  

A wildfire in northern California's Napa Valley wine country more than quadrupled in size overnight to 11,000 acres as thousands of residents awoke to mandatory evacuation orders on Monday. The blaze, since named the Glass Fire, ignited on Sunday morning near Calistoga about 60 miles north of San Francisco and was fanned through the area's famed vineyards by dry wind …

California wine country ablaze as new wildfires force evacuations
4 years, 2 months ago

California wine country ablaze as new wildfires force evacuations

Al Jazeera  

Senior home residents among those evacuated as firefighters battle destructive new wildfires in wine country north of San Francisco. Firefighters in the US state of California battled destructive new wildfires in wine country north of San Francisco on Monday as strong winds fanned flames in the already badly scorched state. The new fires erupted on Sunday in the famed Napa-Sonoma …

Photos: Napa and Sonoma counties under assault from Glass and Shady fires
4 years, 2 months ago

Photos: Napa and Sonoma counties under assault from Glass and Shady fires

LA Times  

Firefighters from the Sacramento Fire Department take part in an operation near a property along Crystal Springs Road. The Shady fire burns structures early Monday in Santa Rosa, Calif. Wildlife runs in the engulfed Skyhawk Park on Monday as firefighters battle the Shady fire. Glass fire in Napa County Flames from the Glass fire consume the Black Rock Inn in …

California fires: Go behind the scenes of incredible photos captured by Times staffers
4 years, 2 months ago

California fires: Go behind the scenes of incredible photos captured by Times staffers

LA Times  

We absorb the images — the charred remains of a homeowner’s paradise, a sweeping natural vista left blackened by towers of flame — and they are startling in their reality. 24 / 42 A vehicle streaks by as Fresno County Sheriff’s Deputy Jeffery Shipman stands along California 168, with the Creek fire in the background on Sept. 6. 31 / …

Oregon fires: Oregon authorities battle conspiracy theories as firefighters fight the flames
4 years, 3 months ago

Oregon fires: Oregon authorities battle conspiracy theories as firefighters fight the flames

CNN  

CNN — A storm front is expected to hit western Oregon Thursday evening, and it’s going to hit exactly the right spots to help firefighters battling blazes there, according to the state forestry department’s fire chief. Noah Berger/AP An officer with Napa County Animal Control rescues a cat after the Glass Fire passed through Napa Valley, California, on September 28, …

Oregon fires: 10 people are dead and 22 missing. Now officials have set up a mobile morgue
4 years, 3 months ago

Oregon fires: 10 people are dead and 22 missing. Now officials have set up a mobile morgue

CNN  

Lyons, Oregon CNN — As thick black smoke smothers towns in rural Oregon, Scott Fogarty holds on to photos and hope. Noah Berger/AP An officer with Napa County Animal Control rescues a cat after the Glass Fire passed through Napa Valley, California, on September 28, 2020. Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images Flames from the Glass Fire consume the Black Rock …

Oregon fires: This family left their home as a precaution. They returned to find it destroyed
4 years, 3 months ago

Oregon fires: This family left their home as a precaution. They returned to find it destroyed

CNN  

CNN — Cody Moss was at his home in Talent, Oregon, with his pregnant wife and daughter last week when they saw smoke in the sky. Noah Berger/AP An officer with Napa County Animal Control rescues a cat after the Glass Fire passed through Napa Valley, California, on September 28, 2020. Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images Flames from the Glass …

California fires: Wildfires have burned an area almost the size of Connecticut
4 years, 3 months ago

California fires: Wildfires have burned an area almost the size of Connecticut

CNN  

CNN — Since the start of 2020, wildfires in California have burned over 3.2 million acres of land – an area almost the size of Connecticut. Noah Berger/AP An officer with Napa County Animal Control rescues a cat after the Glass Fire passed through Napa Valley, California, on September 28, 2020. Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images Flames from the Glass …

Detroit, Oregon ‘looks as though a bomb went off’ as fires continue to scorch the West Coast
4 years, 3 months ago

Detroit, Oregon ‘looks as though a bomb went off’ as fires continue to scorch the West Coast

CNN  

CNN — Wildfires scorching the West Coast have devastated the small city of Detroit, Oregon – located about 120 miles southeast of Portland – where a majority of the structures in the rural enclave have been flattened by fire. Noah Berger/AP An officer with Napa County Animal Control rescues a cat after the Glass Fire passed through Napa Valley, California, …

This California camp is a getaway for children with cancer. Now much of it has gone up in flames
4 years, 3 months ago

This California camp is a getaway for children with cancer. Now much of it has gone up in flames

CNN  

CNN — A camp for pediatric cancer patients and their families is yet another casualty of the wildfires scarring California as the Bear Fire, part of the North Complex, burned through the area. Noah Berger/AP An officer with Napa County Animal Control rescues a cat after the Glass Fire passed through Napa Valley, California, on September 28, 2020. Kent Nishimura/Los …

Firefighters overtaken by flames in California mountains
4 years, 3 months ago

Firefighters overtaken by flames in California mountains

Associated Press  

SHAVER LAKE, Calif. — More than a dozen California firefighters trying to protect a fire station in rugged mountains were overrun by flames Tuesday, and several were hurt. Fourteen firefighters deployed emergency shelters as flames overtook them and destroyed the Nacimiento Station in the Los Padres National Forest on the state’s central coast, the U.S. Forest Service said. In Southern …

California Fire Which Destroyed 28 Km Started From Gender Reveal Party Firework
4 years, 3 months ago

California Fire Which Destroyed 28 Km Started From Gender Reveal Party Firework

News 18  

A firework at a gender reveal party triggered a wildfire in southern California that has destroyed 7,000 acres and forced many residents to flee their homes, the fire department said Sunday. More than 500 firefighters and four helicopters were battling the El Dorado blaze east of San Bernardino, which started Saturday morning, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said. …

California wildfires: Helicopter crews have airlifted almost 400 people who were cut off by Creek Fire
4 years, 3 months ago

California wildfires: Helicopter crews have airlifted almost 400 people who were cut off by Creek Fire

CNN  

CNN — More than two dozen large wildfires raging across California after an extreme heat wave have created a “dire situation,” Thom Porter, chief of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, said Tuesday. Noah Berger/AP An officer with Napa County Animal Control rescues a cat after the Glass Fire passed through Napa Valley, California, on September 28, 2020. …

California wildfires force evacuation of entire town in central California
4 years, 3 months ago

California wildfires force evacuation of entire town in central California

CNN  

CNN — Authorities issued evacuation orders Monday for the entire town of Auberry, a mountain community of 2,500 in central California, as the Creek Fire continued to burn out of control. Noah Berger/AP An officer with Napa County Animal Control rescues a cat after the Glass Fire passed through Napa Valley, California, on September 28, 2020. Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times/Getty …

Wildfires again threaten business in California wine country
4 years, 3 months ago

Wildfires again threaten business in California wine country

Associated Press  

HEALDSBURG, Calif. — With an early harvest already underway, a wildfire a few miles west of John Bucher’s ranch added new urgency to getting his pinot noir grapes off the vine. “You can’t sit inside because of the pandemic, and you can’t sit outside because of the smoke,” said Janet Tupper of Napa, who runs Mercantile 12, a wholesale business …

Why California’s 2020 lightning fires got so big so fast
4 years, 3 months ago

Why California’s 2020 lightning fires got so big so fast

LA Times  

When state fire authorities announced recently that the CZU Lightning Complex fire had quadrupled in size in just one day, an audible gasp rose from the audience. “There’s a direct relationship between heat and fire, and increasing heat is inevitable for at least a few decades,” said Michael Gerrard, director of Columbia University’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law. “If …

Five killed, thousands forced to flee homes as California wildfires explode in size
4 years, 4 months ago

Five killed, thousands forced to flee homes as California wildfires explode in size

Firstpost  

Three groups of fires, called complexes, burning north, east and south of San Francisco have together scorched 2,566 square kilometers and destroyed more than 500 structures San Francisco: Lightning-sparked wildfires in Northern California exploded in size Friday to become some of the largest in state history, forcing thousands to flee and destroying hundreds of homes and other structures as reinforcements …

Firestorm in Bay Area grows quickly to 124,000 acres, now threatening 25,000 structures
4 years, 4 months ago

Firestorm in Bay Area grows quickly to 124,000 acres, now threatening 25,000 structures

LA Times  

Firefighter Ian Johnson watches as an air tanker drops retardant to keep the River fire from reaching a home in Salinas. Seen in a long-exposure photograph, embers burn along a hillside above Lake Berryessa as the LNU Lightning Complex fire tears through unincorporated Napa County. An air tanker drops retardant as the LNU Lightning Complex fire tears through the Spanish …

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