Carr Fire

• California fire officials contradict Trump’s claim about water shortage amid wildfire

  "Yes, we have plenty of water," CalFire Chief Scott McLean said by telephone.

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  Aug 6, 2018
  
• California wildfires are torching land, burning through state’s annual fire budget

  Just a month into the budget year, California has already spent more than one-quarter of its annual fire budget, at least $125 million.

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  Aug 2, 2018
  
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• California wildfire torches over 1,000 homes as new blazes engulf Golden State

  The huge Redding-area blaze, which started July 23, forced 38,000 people from their homes and killed six.

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  Aug 1, 2018
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• California wildfire crews making progress on twin blazes threatening 10,000 homes

  The two fires straddling Mendocino and Lake counties had burned seven homes by Monday night along with some 277 square kilometres of rural land.

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  Jul 31, 2018
• ‘Grandpa’s coming’: Man recounts phone call with family minutes before losing wife, great-grandchildren in California wildfire

  Ed Bledsoe was running an errand Thursday on the outskirts of Redding when he got a frantic phone call from his wife.

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  Jul 30, 2018
• Raging California wildfires claim at least 8 lives, including 2 firefighters as crews make progress on slowing blaze

  The so-called Carr Fire that affected Redding - a city of about 92,000 people - was ignited by a vehicle problem on Monday about 16 kilometres west of the city

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  Jul 30, 2018
• Northern California wildfire rages on as death toll grows to 5

  The death toll from a Northern California wildfire rose to five with the discovery of human remains believed to be those of a missing elderly woman and her two great-grandchildren

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  Jul 29, 2018
• Terrifying images show sheer size of raging California wildfires

  The so-called Carr Fire has engulfed nearly 45,000 acres (18,210 hectares) and is only three per cent contained, officials said Friday.

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  Jul 27, 2018
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• Deadly wildfires rip through California towns, forcing thousands to flee homes

  Flames swept through the communities of Shasta and Keswick before jumping the Sacramento River and reaching Redding, a city of about 92,000 people and the largest in the region.

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  Jul 27, 2018