GARDNERVILLE, Nev.—A Northern California wildfire crossed into Nevada, prompting new evacuations, but better weather has been helping crews battling the nation’s largest blaze in southern Oregon. The Tamarack Fire south of Lake Tahoe had burned more than 68 square miles of timber and head-high chaparral in national forest land. It erupted on July 4 and…
Couple Charged in California Fire Sparked by Gender Reveal
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.—A couple whose gender reveal ceremony sparked a Southern California wildfire that killed a firefighter last year were charged with involuntary manslaughter, authorities announced Tuesday. Refugio Manuel Jimenez Jr. and Angela Renee Jimenez pleaded not guilty Monday to charges involving the El Dorado Fire, San Bernardino County District Attorney Jason Anderson announced at…
California Fire Prompts Evacuations; Oregon Blaze Balloons
July 18, 2021
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SAN FRANCISCO—A rapidly growing wildfire south of Lake Tahoe jumped a highway, prompting more evacuation orders and the cancellation of an extreme bike ride through the Sierra Nevada on Saturday as critically dangerous wildfire weather loomed in the coming days. The Tamarack Fire, which was sparked by lightning on July 4, exploded overnight and was…
Wildfire Threatens 1,500 Homes in Washington State
A wildfire threatening more than 1,500 homes near Wenatchee, Washington, has grown to 14 square miles and was about 10 percent contained. The Washington State Department of Natural Resources says about 200 firefighters are battling the Red Apple Fire. The fire was threatening homes, apple orchards, and an electrical substation, but no structures have been…
Homes Destroyed, Threatened by Oregon Wildfire
In Oregon, the lightning-sparked Bootleg Fire that has destroyed at least 20 homes was raging through lands north of the California border Wednesday. At least 2,000 homes were threatened by flames. A spokesman for the Northwest Incident Management Team 10 working to contain the fire, said that since he arrived in the area last week,…
Thousands of Firefighters Battle Big Blazes Across the West
BLY, Ore.—An army of firefighters labored in hot, dry and windy weather Tuesday to contain fires chewing through wilderness and burning homes across drought-stricken Western states. More than 60 active large blazes are burning in the West and Alaska. More than 14,000 firefighters and support personnel were attacking fires covering close to a million acres…
Fires Rage in Several States As Heat Wave Broils US West
Firefighters working in searing weather struggled to contain a Northern California wildfire that continued to grow Sunday and forced the temporary closure of a major highway, one of several large blazes burning across the U.S. West amid another heat wave that shattered records and strained power grids. In Arizona, two firefighters died Saturday after a…
Surging California Wildfire Prompts Nevada Evacuations
July 10, 2021
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BECKWOURTH, Calif.—A Northern California wildfire exploding through bone-dry timber prompted Nevada authorities to evacuate a border-area community as flames leapt on ridgetops of nearby mountains. The Beckwourth Complex—a merging of two lightning-caused fires—headed into Saturday showing no sign of slowing its rush northeast from the Sierra Nevada forest region after doubling in size only a…
Wildfire Forces Evacuation of Residents in Small Western Canada Town
Wildfire engulfed the small western Canadian town of Lytton, forcing residents to evacuate after it suffered record-breaking temperatures. Officials braced for more sizzling weather and the threat of wildfires from a deadly heat wave that ravaged western Canada and the U.S. Northwest amid record high temperatures. Lytton, a town in central British Columbia, this week…
Could California’s Wildfire Season Impact the Governor’s Recall Election?
June 28, 2021
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Commentary High-ranking California Democrats have been pushing to accelerate the timeline for the Gov. Gavin Newsom recall election, hoping to schedule the contest before the governor potentially faces more political trouble in the fall. On June 10, the Democratic supermajority in the legislature provided the governor with a more favorable recall election date by announcing that the…
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