Fire officials attribute some 30 years of creating defensible space around Jenkinson Lake helped keep the Caldor Fire from destroying Pollock Pines or jumping surrounding stretches of Highway 50.

The King Fire has torched 3,000 acres near King of the Mountain Drive and Forebay Road. Cooler overnight conditions have allowed firefighters to set backfires and try to get a handle on the fire.

Two dogs were rescued from a blazing house fire in El Dorado County on Saturday afternoon. CBS News Sacramento: Free 24/7 News; ... Two Dogs Rescued From Pollock Pines House Fire.

POLLOCK PINES, CA - SEPTEMBER 17: A firefighter monitors the King Fire on September 17, 2014 in Pollock Pines, California. The King fire is threatening over 1,600 homes in the forested area about ...

The Caldor Fire had ravaged much of the small town of Grizzly Flats days earlier. Pollock compared it to the total destruction of the town of Paradise, a community destroyed in 2018 by the ...

The King Fire was still raging out of control in Pollock Pines, 60 miles east of Sacramento, on Wednesday evening, as more than 2,500 firefighters battled the blaze, which grew by thousands of ...

The King Fire is burning off of King of the Mountain Road, about three miles northeast of Pollock Pines. It was first reported Saturday around 4:30 p.m. and has grown to 3,900 acres, a little more ...

POLLOCK PINES, Calif. (KGO) -- The Caldor Fire burning in El Dorado County south of Pollock Pines exploded in size Monday night into Tuesday prompting mandatory evacuations and destroying several ...

King Fire in Pollock Pines More Than Doubles to 70,000 Acres By Lisa Fernandez • Published September 18, 2014 • Updated on September 18, 2014 at 1:59 pm ...

POLLOCK PINES, Calif. – The Caldor fire continued extreme growth for a second straight night in El Dorado County, with winds rocketing the fire dangerously close to well-populated communities ...

POLLOCK PINES, Calif. (KTXL) — A generator sparked a house fire Tuesday as it was being used by a Pollock Pines couple who lost power during Pacific Gas and Electric’s preemptive outages.

POLLOCK PINES, Calif. (KGO) -- The Caldor Wildfire is burning out of control in El Dorado County, prompting new evacuation orders along Highway 50. Right now, the fire is nearly 54,000 acres ...