Cal Fire’s predictions didn’t foresee the Altadena inferno. Now it’s changing its fire-hazard maps
The vast majority of homes destroyed in the Eaton fire were outside of Cal Fire's "very high" fire hazard severity zones, yet ...
Castaic jail complex in wildfire evacuation zone; officials plan to shelter in place
The Hughes fire broke out a little before 11 a.m., roughly five miles north of the Pitchess Detention Center. The Sheriff's Department has struggled with a shortage of buses to transport inmates.
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California Fire Map Update as Hughes Fire Sparks Evacuations
Cal Fire also says that students at North Lake Elementary have been evacuated to Castaic Sports Complex. The National Weather Service Los Angeles (NWS) said that a red flag warning remains in ...
Opinion: Reid-Hillview Airport is a strategic asset for region’s fire safety
General aviation airports play vital roles in fighting fires and supporting supply lines when disaster strikes.
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The Eaton and Palisades Fires are Now Among California’s Deadliest
in Northern California, killed 15 people. Cedar fire, 2003: The fire in San Diego killed 15. North Complex fire, 2020: The fire burned in the Northern California counties of Butte, Plumas and Yuba ...
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Hughes Fire near L.A. explodes to 10,000 acres; 31,000 told to evacuate
The blaze, dubbed the Hughes Fire ... all-male jail complex, and at least four schools in the area. A stretch of Interstate 5 — a major highway running north-south through California ...
Study finds wildfires can raise rates of heart attacks, deaths
With Los Angeles still reeling from the devastating Palisades and Eaton fires, a new report on California blazes from earlier ...
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Fire Explodes North of L.A.; Part of I-5 Closes Temporarily
A fire spreading north of Los Angeles ... evacuated to a grocery store parking lot and sports complex for parents to pick them up, the California Highway Patrol Newhall said in a statement on ...