California fires are a major concern for homeowners and firefighters in California. Large California wildfires often do hundreds of millions of dollars in damage.
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LOS ANGELES – At least 2,000 people were ordered to evacuate their homes in a wealthy seaside community as California ’s dry heat and low humidity made conditions ripe for conflagrations.
Residents in Rancho Palos Verdes were ordered to leave their homes late Thursday, Los Angeles County fire Capt. Mike Brown said. TV news footage showed structures on fire and at least one entirely engulfed in flames.
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MiamiHerald.com California wildfire forces evacuations CNN LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency Sunday in San Bernardino County as a fast-moving wildfire burned through a national forest, threatening homes and forcing hundreds of evacuations. ... Firefighters try to protect Calif mountain town The Associated Press Sheep fire grows, ski town evacuated The Desert Sun Fire in Wrightwood is 'looking a lot better,' officials say Los... Read Full Story
by Rob Woollard LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- A deadly California wildfire doubled in size early on Monday, forcing 10,000 residents to flee and threatening a critical telecommunications facility after claiming the lives of two firefighters. The blaze raging out of control in mountains above heavily populated areas of Los Angeles had ripped through more than 85,000 acres (34,400 hectares) of tinder-dry forest and was "spreading in every direction", authorities said. An army of more than 2,500... Read Full Story
Reuters Video Highlights: Eight massive wildfires continue roaring through the mountains north of Los Angeles — and fire officials say there is no sign of a letup. See Video Below
A monster blaze raging above Los Angeles grew in size on Tuesday as weary firefighters voiced hope that a break in searing temperatures would allow them to make inroads against the inferno.
The runaway wildfire, which has claimed the lives of two firefighters, gutted 53 homes and is threatening 12,000... Read Full Story
Two wildfires on opposite ends of the state prompted evacuations as a blaze in Shasta County closed in on a handful of homes and another in Santa Barbara County approached 14 ranches Tuesday afternoon. About 111 square miles of the Los Padres National Forest, mostly inaccessible backcountry, were closed, Forest Service spokesman Maeton Freel said. Ranchers moved their horses and other livestock as the flames crested a ridge a few miles away, Freel said. The 3-day-old wildfire in the San... Read Full Story
Associated Press Video Highlights: A growing wildfire sending massive billows of smoke into the sky north of Los Angeles nearly tripled in size Saturday, knocking out power to many more and spurring evacuations in a number of mountain communities. See Video below
Schwarzenegger Tours Area Near Raging California Wildfires
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger headed Sunday close to where wildfires were ravaging a vast area north of Los Angeles, where three people have been hurt and... Read Full Story
California Wildfires
Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) — California wildfires, including three near Los Angeles, forced several thousand residents to flee their homes, authorities said.
There were two fires in Angeles National Forest in Los Angeles County, with one near the San Gabriel Canyon covering 2,000 acres (800 hectares) and threatening 15 homes, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said on its Web site.
The other fire in the forest burned 500 acres and forced the... Read Full Story
One of several lightning-caused fires in Northern California is endangering a handful of homes and prompting evacuations. Firefighters were evacuating 10 homes and one business in Shasta County northwest of Burney, more than 200 miles north of Sacramento. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection spokesman James Stewart says fire crews are cutting more lines to protect houses. The blaze was sparked by an Aug. 2 lightning storm and grew overnight from 4,300 acres to 5,000 acres... Read Full Story
A wildfire stoked by the notoriously hot and dry Santa Ana winds has burned some 8,500 acres in the hills of Ventura County, …
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L.A. County Sheriff deputies evacuated residents from Briggs Terrace on Saturday as the Station Fire extended down the hill towards this neighborhood near Los Angeles. Images: 1: Flames creep down Briggs Canyon from the Angeles National Forest. 2: Locals gather in an OSH parking lot to observe the wildfire from a distance. 3: Authorities limit access to Briggs Terrace to residents only. This intersection at Briggs Avenue is the only road with access to the neighborhood. 4: At 2:36 P.M. a... Read Full Story
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