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A New Mexico-based company that flies firefighting aircraft dropped a record-setting 12 million pounds of retardant during the busy fire season
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Taylor Rains
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2 helicopters battling a California brush fire collided mid-air, killing a pair of firefighters and a pilot
The tragedy unfolded Sunday at around 6 p.m. as crews were dispatched to a fire that erupted in the…
Natalie Musumeci
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Wildfire season continues to scorch California as Chaparral Fire ignites in San Diego County and spawns 'firenadoes', videos show
The fire ignited on Saturday afternoon in San Diego County. California wildfires have burned nearly…
Morgan Keith
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Lake Tahoe resident and violinist plays while stuck in traffic as thousands flee from the Caldor Fire
Mel Smothers was captured on video playing his violin in standstill traffic by a local journalist d…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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Eerie video shows the Caldor Fire in California casting an ominous, orange haze over Lake Tahoe
"Lake Tahoe. Packed and ready to evacuate. Praying for all," the person who filmed the video wrote …
Azmi Haroun
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The Caldor Fire could damage Lake Tahoe's sparkling blue waters for years to come
Soot and ash from the fire have coated the surface of the lake and blocked the sun, which can affec…
Erin Snodgrass
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Firefighters say the raging Caldor Fire that sparked evacuations in the Lake Tahoe region may not be fully contained until mid-September
The massive blaze has already injured five people, prompting many evacuation orders and warnings in…
Jake Epstein
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Raging Caldor Fire prompts mass evacuations as it barrels toward Lake Tahoe region
The rapid blaze prompted at least one hospital in South Lake Tahoe to evacuate all of its patients …
Erin Snodgrass
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4 people who went missing from the California town destroyed in the Dixie Fire have been found safe
Over the weekend, the Dixie Fire because the second-largest wildfire in California history. The bla…
Connor Perrett
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Guy Fieri visited the California Glass Fire base camp to help feed first responders battling the wildfire
On Saturday, CAL FIRE shared a photo of Fieri and the meals his team provided to those working to p…
Rachel Askinasi
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California's Glass Fire has destroyed more than 350 commercial buildings, including a 3-Michelin star restaurant in Napa and the state's oldest resort
California's oldest resort, White Sulphur Springs, lost 17 of its 20 buildings — the owners have pl…
Rachel Askinasi
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A criminology professor was charged with setting part of the Sierra Nevada forest on fire
Arson is a major concern in California, where massive wildfires have raged. Cal Fire has arrested 1…
Rebecca Cohen
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3 of California's 4 largest fires ever are burning right now, including the biggest in state history
This week, the Doe Fire became the biggest in California history. Three of the four biggest fires i…
Susie Neilson
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As wildfires sweep through California, COVID-19 impacts the state's ability to rely on inmate fire crews
The reduction of inmates available to serve in hand crews due to early release because of the c…
Frank Carber
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Firefighters are containing California's giant wildfires thanks to a favorable turn in the weather — here are the latest updates
Major wildfires — likely started by lightning — have spread in the state's northern counties over t…
Susie Neilson
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Brush fire half contained in San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco, July 6 (IANS) A brush fire in California's Santa Clara County has been half containe…
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California's Camp Fire has melted cars and reduced bodies to bone - these images show the horror of the state's deadliest fire ever
Both wildfires lit up on Thursday, and have been stoked by dry, windy conditions. The Woolsey Fire …
Hilary Brueck,Peter Kotecki
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California's Glass Fire tore through Napa Valley, torching a winery and forcing 53,000 people to evacuate
The fire grew to 11,000 acres on Monday, destroying the Chateau Boswell Winery in St. Helena and th…
Charles Davis
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Meet California's new normal: more lightning, 30% less rain in wildfire season, and double the number of fire-risk days
California has seen nearly all its largest wildfires ever in the last 20 years because of climate c…
Susie Neilson
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A California fire that burned more than 7,000 acres was caused by a faulty spinning smoke machine at a gender-reveal party
A string of fires have hit parts of California in quick succession, so far killing eight people and…