Page 14 - August Complex Fire News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

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 in size. Forward progress on the fire was stopped around 4:30 p.m., and authorities said the threat ...

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 vehicle to catch fire. Incident info: Vehicle fire with extension into nearby vegetation; Roseville R...

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 Gavin Newsom on Thursday announced plans to spend over $500 million thinning forests and conducting f...

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 Cottrell is the training foreman at the Missoula Smokejumper Base. Nelda St. Claire is a former Nationa...

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