California Department Of Forestry And Fire Protection

• Thousands ordered to flee California wildfire near Yosemite

  The Oak Fire started Friday afternoon, near the town of Midpines, and by Saturday morning had rapidly grown to 26.5 square kilometres.

  World

  Jul 23, 2022
  
• 3 killed, thousands evacuated by fast-moving wildfires in northern California

  As of Monday morning, a blaze dubbed the Glass Fire had spread across 4,450 hectares of rolling grassy hillsides and oak woodlands, fanned by high winds and fuelled largely by thick, dry scrub left unburned by previous wildfires.

  Environment

  Sep 28, 2020
  
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• Deadly California wildfire caused by PG&E transmission lines: investigators

  State fire investigators have determined that transmission lines owned by Pacific Gas & Electric Co caused the deadliest and most destructive wildfire on record in California, a blaze that killed 85 people last year, officials said on Wednesday.

  World

  May 15, 2019
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• Massive California wildfire tornado killed firefighter in Redding, officials say

  Officials say a firefighter who died while helping people evacuate a Northern California blaze was killed by a fire tornado that at one point reached a temperature of 1,480 C.

  Environment

  Aug 16, 2018
• Elderly husband dies shielding wife as wildfire reached their home in California

  When Bill Johnson returned to his home in Lake Isabella to survey the damage left by a raging wildfire he discovered the bodies of his elderly neighbours.

  World

  Jun 29, 2016