California Fires

The Inferno: An Eyewitness account of San Diego on Fire ( Kindle Edition ) By Kalpanik S. Buy new : $0.99 Customer Rating: First tagged by N. Prefac Customer tags: photojournalism books (2), photography (2), photography journalism (2), photo essays (2), photojournalism (2), photography book (2) Review & Description This is an eyewitness account of the 2007 San Diego Wildfires, the largest of which was dubbed the Witch Creek Fire. In the largest evacuation in history of California, more than...Read Full Story

LOS ANGELES ( Reuters ) - Cooler weather gave firefighters a chance to begin knocking down flames of three major wildfires burning on Tuesday in Central California, and evacuation orders were lifted for most residents in the fires' path. The three fires combined have blackened more than 70,000 acres across Kern County , injuring three firefighters and threatening more than 2,000 structures since they were started over the weekend by lightning strikes. But no homes have been lost, Kern County...Read Full Story

Incident Name/Type:   CA-MVU- GREAT FIRE San Diego County Great Fire Location / Perimeter Map Great Fire Incident Information: Last Updated: October 2, 2011 12:30 pm   Date/Time Started: October 1, 2011 12:53 pm   Administrative Unit: CAL FIRE San Diego Unit  County: San Diego County   Location: south side of Highway 78 & Scissors Crossing, east of Julian near Shelter Valley   Acres Burned: 2,000 acres   Containment 2,000 acres - 5% contained   Evacuations: An...Read Full Story

Motor Fire - Incident Information Provided by: South Central Sierra Inter-agency Incident Management Team Motor Fire Perimeter Topo Map August 27, 2011 Motor Fire Perimeter Land Ownership Map August 27, 2011 Motor Fire Location: Hwy 140 near Cedar Lodge Acres Burned: 3,000 Structures Threatened: 70 Containment: 0% Structures Destroyed: 0 Fire Started: August 25,2011 12:30PM Injuries: 0 Cause: Vehicle Fire Total personnel assigned to the Fire...Read Full Story

SALMON, Idaho ( Reuters ) - A 15,000-acre wildfire in forested peaks in Idaho has forced the evacuation of 100 people and halted construction work on a planned strategic metal mine, officials said on Wednesday. Nearly 600 firefighters battled the lightning-caused blaze, which has burned largely unchecked for two weeks in steep, rugged terrain littered with beetle-killed lodgepole pines in the Salmon-Challis National Forest in east-central Idaho. Salmon, Idaho, a town of 3,100 people, lies to...Read Full Story

Montgomery County Wildfires , The local fire departments and emergency response teams continue to battle this morning to a 1,600-acre wildfire that has spread Grimes, Montgomery and Waller. The fire has destroyed at least 80 houses. Evacuation was ordered yesterday to parts of Grimes, Waller and Montgomery counties after the fire started at 3 pm and spread rapidly due to strong winds caused by Tropical Storm Lee, officials said. KHOU reported that the main head of the fire had been...Read Full Story

AUSTIN, Texas ( Reuters ) - Residents were returning to their homes on Tuesday after a grassfire near Austin caused the evacuation of nearly 200 houses, authorities said. Some 15 mobile homes burned in the blaze, which started around 4 p.m. on Monday and sent about 100 people to an area shelter at a local middle school. The fire in Leander, about 25 miles northwest of Austin, burned roughly 30 acres and threatened 189 homes before it was mostly contained on Tuesday morning, said Lexi Maxwell...Read Full Story

Eagle Fire, CA-MVU-008019 Update: 12,800 acres, nearly 20-square-miles 45% contained. 2,133 firefighters on the lines, extremely rugged terrain hampers firefighting efforts. The fire is still visible from the desert community of Borrego Springs, Fire continues to travel North/Northwest through older heavy brush with no documented fire history. Additionally, East through light grass and scattered brush. Six firefighters have reported minor injuries, mostly heat exhaustion. Eagle...Read Full Story

OAKLAND , Calif ( Reuters ) - Firefighters battling a forest fire near Yosemite National Park since last week have manage to encircle about a third of the blaze, but a main road into the park remained cut off, officials said on Monday. Apparently ignited by an explosion in a motor home last Thursday, the blaze has torched 4,755 acres and forced the closure of state Route 140 west of the park, said Tim Ludington , a spokesman for the fire management team. Numerous campgrounds along the Merced...Read Full Story

U.S WORLD NEWS DIGEST Monitors praise Haiti election -- Colorado wildfires force evacuations of 100 homes. Mon Mar 21, 2011 6:14 PM EDT. us-news, us, colorado,. GOLDEN Evacuation orders were issued Monday for about 100 homes in the mountains west of Denver and people in at least 200 more. Colorado wildfires force evacuations of 100 homes Colorado wildfires force evacuations of 100 homes. Colorado wildfires force evacuations of 100 homes. Twitter. GOLDEN, Colo. — Evacuation orders were issued...Read Full Story