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 …
A deadly wildfire continued to carve a destructive path through Northern California’s Shasta County, swelling to more than 40,000 acres Tuesday. “We’ve had crews that are still on the line from when the fire started on Sunday,” said Sean Kavanaugh, a Cal Fire incident commander. Cal Fire’s Shasta-Trinity Unit Chief Bret Gouvea called the fire “another tragedy here in Shasta …
REDDING, California — After the Carr Fire tore through our community of Redding, California, last summer, we mostly avoided the “what if” question. When the Camp Fire struck, people in Paradise, 85 miles south of Redding, didn’t have time to get out. These articles incorporated sophisticated data analysis, identifying 10 California communities at high risk as the next dry season …
