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Cal Fire adds huge new fire fighting tool as summer fire season approaches
Retrofitted C-130 cargo plane can fly farther, faster, and carry more fire retardant than other Cal Fire aircraft ...
How Cal Fire's Davis nursery aims to replace trees burned in wildfires
DAVIS — Wildfires scorched more than a million acres in California last year, and the state Department of Forestry ...
Breaking: Sacramento Fire reported in Butte County on April 22
A new wildfire was reported today at 4:05 p.m. in Butte County. Sacramento Fire has been burning on private land. At this ...
Neighbors near Carmichael suspect arson after string of cypress tree fires over past month
Neighbors near Carmichael are on edge after a string of cypress tree fires have occurred over the past month.The Sacramento ...
Metro Fire now suspects arson in string of Carmichael tree fires
Metro Fire said there have been at least seven or eight fires over the past two weeks that they believe were the work of an ...
Palisades and Eaton firefighters had elevated blood levels of mercury and lead, according to an early study
Early findings from an ongoing study report that a group of 20 firefighters tested after the Palisades and Eaton fires had ...
Man charged with arson after authorities say he sparked New Jersey Pine Barrens blaze
Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer and Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn LaTourette said the Waretown man faces aggravated arson and arson charges in the southern New ...
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Neighbor rescues family from fire, police save elderly neighbor and dog as crews battle blaze at 2 Cleveland homes
CLEVELAND — An investigation is underway after two houses caught fire Friday morning on Sacramento Avenue near ... Both of the fires are now under control. Officials report that two adults ...
How labor killed a bill to let California wildfire victims sue Big Oil for climate change
The Senate Judiciary Committee spiked a bill to let wildfire victims sue oil companies over climate change. Labor unions, not ...
California community colleges receive Hearst Foundations grant to enhance forestry and wildfire prevention
The Foundation for California Community Colleges in Sacramento has received a $150,000 grant from the William Randolph Hearst Foundation and The Hearst Foundation Inc. to support and expand its ...