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A 118-acre fire is burning in Calaveras County on Saturday, according to Cal Fire officials. Fire officials said the fire is about 50% contained. It is not clear how the fire started or when it will be extinguished. WILDFIRE PREPS According to Cal Fire, 2020 was one of the most severe fire seasons on record as 9,917 wildfires burned 4.2 million acres. Over 9,000 structures were destroyed, and 31 people (civilians and firefighters) were killed....

6.1-acre wildfire in Oroville Wildlife Area contained, Butte County Fire Department officials say KXTV Staff Replay Video  9:27 p.m. update: A fire burning in the Oroville Wildlife Area has been knocked down to 6.1 acres and is fully contained, according to the Butte County Fire Department. The fire department is continuing to mop up the fire with six engines and a dozer. No one was hurt and no structures were threatened by the flames.  The Butte County Fire Department offici...

CAL FIRE Butte Unit and the Butte County Fire Department reported on Twitter Saturday afternoon, crews were responding to a vegetation fire off Meridian Road north of Chico. The Gunnison Fire is currently estimated to have burned 30 acres. Butte fire crews requested additional resources. As of 2:30 p.m., no evacuation orders had been issued. Firefighters responding to a vegetation fire off Meridian Road north of Chico. Estimated 30 acres,...

Grass fire near downtown Vacaville contained, fire officials say Chelsea Shannon Replay Video UP NEXT The grassfire burning near downtown in Vacaville on Saturday has been contained and is expected for the flames to be extinguished by around 5 p.m., according to Vacaville Fire Department officials. Vacaville Fire Deputy Fire Chief Alex Nourot said the fire burned less than five acres, which started at around 1:34 p.m. Fire officials are still investigating what sparked the flam...

Arson suspect arrested as firefighters douse grass fire near Highway 99 Izzy Greenblatt Replay Video UP NEXT An arson suspect was arrested soon after firefighters stopped forward progress on a grass fire that sparked in Elk Grove on Monday, the Cosumnes Fire Department said. The fire started just off Highway 99, in the area of Sheldon Road and E Stockton Boulevard, according to a tweet from the Cosumnes Fire Department. Officials said that the fire grew to at least three acres ...

Arson suspect arrested as firefighters douse grass fire near Highway 99 Izzy Greenblatt Replay Video UP NEXT An arson suspect was arrested soon after firefighters stopped forward progress on a grass fire that sparked in Elk Grove on Monday, the Cosumnes Fire Department said. The fire started just off Highway 99, in the area of Sheldon Road and E Stockton Boulevard, according to a tweet from the Cosumnes Fire Department. Officials said that the fire grew to at least three acres ...

Sacramento Firefighters battling vehicle fire spreading into nearby grass Izzy Greenblatt Replay Video UP NEXT The Sacramento Fire Department is fighting a grass fire that started from a vehicle around Roseville Road and Tri Stations Road are on Monday. The fire spread into vegetation nearby. The Sacramento Fire Department said that fire crews are working to contain the fire. There have not been any injuries and there are no details on the size of the fire or what caused the v...

The budget deal between Governor Gavin Newsom and lawmakers calls for prescribed burns and home-hardening as the state preps for another intense wildfire season. The Bond Fire, driven by high winds, burns the hillsides west of Santiago Canyon Road near Silverado Canyon, Calif., on Dec. 3, 2020. (Leonard Ortiz/The Orange County Register via AP) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — Staring down another potentially harsh wildfire season following a miserably dry winter, California lawmakers and Governor G...

Fireline Episode 05: Burnout There are more than 30,000 people who fight wildfires in the U.S., and about 400 firefighters have died on the job over the last two decades. As fire seasons get longer and fires become more devastating, the physical and mental toll on firefighters themselves is also growing. Learn more now on Fireline Episode 05: Burnout. Brent Ruby is a professor at the University of Montana and the director of the Montana Center for Work Physiology and Exercise Metabolism Dan Cot...

When Lily Clarke arrived at the August Complex Fire, it was a fire of sensational size. The blaze eventually burned more than 1 million acres, becoming the