The Latest News and information about California Fires

Early Saturday morning, a house fire took the life of a Copperopolis man. The Calaveras County Coroner's Office has identified the man as 52 year old Ricky Brent Lamb, Sr.  The fire was reported at 2:08 a.m., and when Cal Fire crews arrived the structure was fully involved. PG&E also responded to the scene due [...]

  (10-22) 12:22 PDT SAN BRUNO – Pacific Gas and Electric Co. executives have made a verbal commitment to relocate the gas transmission pipeline that exploded beneath San Bruno's Crestmoor neighborhood last month, the city's mayor and a state legislator said Friday – but the utility stopped short of declaring it a done deal. Mayor Jim Ruane and state [...]

The first hearing has been held regarding the gas explosion that occurred in San Bruno on September 9, killing 8 and destroying 37 homes.  During the hearing, PG&E came under fire for safety as well as monetary issues. $5 million dollars had been allocated to PG&E to work on the pipeline prior to the explosion. [...]

The San Bruno coroner's office has confirmed that last Thursday's fire is responsible for four fatalities. Skeletal remains are currently undergoing forensic testing. The City of San Bruno is thankful for the supplies that the community has donated. They ask that further donations be made through the Red Cross, Salvation Army, the San Francisco Foundation, [...]

As flames continued to rage out of control in San Bruno, fire crews from outlying cities and agencies were responding to help fight the massive blaze that has left at least nine people burned and destroyed a number of homes. Four air-tankers, two smaller attack planes and 25 fire engines from the California Department of [...]

  A Fire in Redding that burned a pump house and several vehicles before spreading to a utility pole temporarily left 1,460 Pacific Gas and Electric Company customers without power on Wednesday.  Power was restored within two hours to all except 6 customers. The fire was reported at around noon and took about 30 minutes to contain.  John Erwin, a battalion cheif [...]