The Latest News and information about California Fires

Every year in California thousands of wildfires start throughout the state. In most cases, the dispatch center sending the initial resources to a wildland fire will designate a name for the fire, but the first on scene engine or fire official can also name the incident. Fires are usuallu named for the area in which [...]

Friday evening at around 6:15, four fires broke out almost simultaneously on the Modoc National Forest about 20 miles southeast of the city of Tulelake. Named the Scorpion Complex, three of the four fires total just over 2900 acres.  The smallest fire, Track, was only .1 acres and has been contained. Of the remaining three fires, Scorpion is [...]

Pine Cove, California- A three-story cabin in Pine Cove was reported on fire Monday morning and "well-involved" with power lines down in the area, Cal Fire-Riverside County spokeswoman Jody Hagemann said. Seven engine crews from Cal Fire, the Idyllwild Fire Protection District and Southern California Edison, responded. Firefighters were making good progress on containment of a [...]

OXNARD, California — Firefighters were battling a blaze in Oxnard on Sunday that first engulfed a tractor trailer and then spread to propane tanks and fertilizer, officials said.  The Ventura County and Oxnard fire departments responded to the fire in the 3400 block of Sturgis Road about 1:15 p.m. Officials said they believe the fire [...]

Los Angeles, California – A fire feeding on soybean oil at a frozen food plant sent flames soaring through the roof Monday and created a towering plume of smoke that was seen for miles around the eastern Los Angeles suburb.   About 150 firefighters from several departments fought the blaze, which was reported by employees [...]

Lancaster, California—Firefighters have knocked down a 61-acre grass fire in the high desert of northern Los Angeles County.   County Fire Department Dispatch Supervisor Robert Diaz says the blaze erupted just before 3 p.m. in Antelope Acres, an unincorporated community near Lancaster, and was contained about 30 minutes later. One structure was initially threatened but [...]

Yreka, California —The state of California may soon join other states in the push against new fire sprinkler mandates, and the Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to support a bill that would allow counties to exempt new single-family dwellings from the regulations. Senate Bill 726, introduced by senators Tom Berryhill and Doug LaMalfa, [...]

HACIENDA HEIGHTS, California – The fire that destroyed a Catholic church in Hacienda Heights just after midnight was an act of arson, officials said Sunday.   The 12:04 a.m. blaze at St. John Vianney Catholic Church, 1345 Turnbull Canyon Road, burned for about 2 1/2 hours before county fire crews were able to quench it. [...]

Redding, California- Last week's fire at the vacant former King Richard's car dealership on Pine Street in downtown Redding posed a test of the city's shrunken Fire Department, which has seen firefighters cut and one station closed as the city curbs spending to match lower tax revenues. In brief, the single fire cleared out every [...]

Los Angeles, California – Six persons were displaced, including two children, after a suspicious fire ran through the stairs and hallway of a two story apartment building at 10822 South Broadway in South Los Angeles.   LAPD Officers first on scene assisted frantic residents and attempted to extinguish the flames. Los Angles Firefighters from Task [...]