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Wildfires have ravaged the American West in the recent past. Of the 10 costliest wildfires on record, only two occurred prior to 2017, according to the Insurance Information Institute. And this year is shaping up to be more of the same. When considering total acres burned, 2020 was very close to being the most destructive wildfire year on record; as of the start of summer, 2021 is on pace to exceed last year’s numbers. The defining wildfire event of 2020—the August Complex Fire—was starte...

Highway 89 reopens as firefighters gain control of Meeks Fire | Update Matthew Nuttle Replay Video UP NEXT Firefighters have halted forward progress on a small wildfire that flared up on the west side of Lake Tahoe, Wednesday afternoon. The so-called Meeks Fire forced law enforcement to shut down a section of Highway 89 from 3 Ring Road to DL Bliss State Park, while firefighters work to get a handle on the fire. The highway was reopened around 5 p.m. According to a 4 p.m. updat...

Firefighters have halted forward progress on a small wildfire that flared up on the west side of Lake Tahoe, Wednesday afternoon. The so-called Meeks Fire forced law enforcement to shut down a section of Highway 89 from 3 Ring Road to DL Bliss State Park, while firefighters work to get a handle on the fire. The highway was reopened around 5 p.m. According to a 4 p.m. update from the North Tahoe Fire Department, the Meeks Fire had grown to about...

Firefighters are in for quite a fight tonight | Two grass fires contained in Sacramento KXTV Staff Replay Video The second fire to spark in Sacramento has been contained, fire officials say. According to a tweet from the Sacramento Fire Department, a fire that broke out in the 5200 block of Carlson Drive was contained after it burned an estimated 10-15 acres.  The cause of the fire remains under investigation. 11:15 p.m. update: The Sacramento Fire Department has released more ...

Crews extinguish mobile home fire in Sacramento KXTV Staff Replay Video The Sacramento Fire Department is investigating after a motorhome caught fire Monday afternoon. According to a tweet from the fire department, the flames sparked just after 4 p.m. near Silver Eagle Road and Western Avenue. The sparks from the fire jumped to the adjacent grass which began to burn as well. Those flames were contained by fire crews.  The fire has been extinguished and no injuries were reported...

A 2-alarm fire burned near Sutter's Landing Regional Park, according to the Sacramento Fire Department. The fire department says the fire sparked just after 8:45 p.m. near 20 28th Street, between Sutter's Landing Regional Park and the American River. The fire burned approximately four acres before it was contained and extinguished. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Incident info: 2-alarm grass fire at 8:48pm near 20 28th Street,...

Record fires ripped through the western U.S. in summer 2020. Could we be in for a repeat?

5:35 p.m. update: Sacramento Fire Department has mostly extguinished a warhourse fire in the Arden area. Fire officials said the building was an autoparts warehouse. They did not say what started the fire. There are also no injuries reported as of publication. Original story: Sacramento Fire Department is battling a three-alarm fire after a commercial building fire in the Arden area. Fire department officials said the fire is in the 900 block of...

Credit: Getty Images DAVE WINNACKER stood on a hill in Northern California as flames devoured the houses below him. The Ala­meda County Fire Department division chief had fought wildfires before, but the 2017 North Bay Fires felt different. A sense of helplessness overcame him as he watched them burn. "I had engines assigned to them," he says. "But you couldnt stop it." A former Marine (and now a fire chief in the Bay Areas Moraga-Orinda Fire District), Winnacker was one of more than 10,000 fi...

3 p.m. update: Evacuation warnings and advisories have been lifted as the Quail Fire has been contained, according to the Yuba County Sheriff's Office. According to Cal Fire, the Quail Fire is 100% contained. 2:30 p.m. update: Cal Fire Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit gave an update on the Quail Fire, saying it's doubled in size to 50 acres and is now 20% contained. They said in a tweet that no structures are threatened and there haven't been any...