The Latest News and information about California Fires

  Are You doing the right thing, the wrong way? Are you doing the right thing the wrong way -for example, trying to eliminate the fire hazards around your home and in the process starting a wildland fire? Each year CAL FIRE responds to more than 1,600 fires started by Californians using equipment the wrong way. Whether [...]

  Avalanche Fire: (37 39.794 x 119 42.238; 6,400’el. Mariposa Co.)  This lightning caused fire was found on the afternoon of July 31, 2011.  The fire is at 149 acres. The fire could potentially grow to 5,800 acres. A single standing dead tree (snag) was struck by lightning. It is located near Avalanche Creek, east of [...]

Update: A public meeting is planned for today, Tuesday, July 26 at 6:30 pm in Kernville at the Odd Fellows Hall at 50 Tobias Street. The Lion Wildland Fire was ignited by lightning on July 8 and is located in the Golden Trout Wilderness on the Sequoia National Forest. The Lion Fire, presently at 11,411 acres, is expected [...]

A prescribed burn planned yesterday in Idyllwild to clear away brush and create a fire buffer has been postponed due to high winds, a Cal Fire spokeswoman said. With the National Weather Service reporting expected wind gusts to 30 mph this afternoon, the fire department decided to hold off on the controlled burn along the [...]

IDYLLWILD, Calif. – Fire crews will conduct a prescribed burn today to clear away brush and create a fire buffer in Idyllwild. The burn will take place along the Redhill south fuel break below the Nature Center. The break was established in 1994 to provide a fire buffer from Pine Cove to Strawberry Creek, according to [...]

SAN RAMON, California — There are iPhone apps for games, to help look up Spanish phrases and for bird watching. Today, a person can find an application to assist them in just about anything, even saving lives. There has been a new development for iPhone users, an application that could help save someone's life. The [...]

Destruction, injury and emotional distress related to the Sept. 9 natural gas explosion and fire in San Bruno has led to more than 50 lawsuits thus far against Pacific Gas and Electric Company, which oversees the 30-inch pipeline that exploded.  Twelve lawsuits were filed against PG&E so far this year, bringing the total since September [...]

  A Desert Edge woman narrowly escaped this afternoon after her mobile home burst into flames. The fire, at 17-300 Corkhill Road, broke out at about 2:50 p.m. and quickly spread to the mobile homes on either side of it. No one was hurt in the blaze, but it left four adults and at least [...]

  SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (KABC) – Southern California Edison is investigating its second accident in less than a week as an explosion gouged a crater in a San Bernardino neighborhood. The explosion happened in an underground vault at 13th Street and Waterman Avenue about 1 p.m. on Monday. The blast sent massive chunks of roadway flying, [...]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Cal Fire, the state's firefighting agency, is facing a budget cut in excess of $30 million for fiscal year 2011-2012, and will trim staffing on engines from four down to three to cover most of it. Starting in 2003, former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger issued an annual executive order bumping engine crews to [...]