SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — It was the fire that came back from the dead. A puff of wind and a simple ember ignited the beloved Del Mar Heights hiking trails a few hours after a fire was already knocked down. A wind-driven brush fire reignited in Del Mar Heights Tuesday afternoon, prompting nearby residents […]
A wildfire in central Oregon swelled to more than 250 acres in less than three hours Tuesday afternoon and evening, triggering evacuations and leaving thousands without power. The wildfire, dubbed the Darlene 3 Fire, grew quickly on the outskirts of La Pine in Deschutes County, requiring the response of regional firefighters. It was still spreading […]
Severe flooding in the Midwest has left at least two people dead as heavy rains caused a bridge to collapse, a historic dam to be on the brink of failure and an entire town to be cut off by floodwaters. More than 3 million people from Nebraska to Minnesota have been affected by the days-long […]
A fast-growing fire prompted mandatory evacuations for dozens of structures Monday evening in Butte County, Cal Fire officials said. The Apache Fire is burning east of Palermo and was 618 acres with no containment, according to a Cal Fire update around 10 p.m. The vegetation fire sparked around 7:20 p.m. near Apache Hill Road. Cal […]
Flooding in the Midwest has caused severe damage, collapsing a bridge, weakening a dam and forcing the evacuation of a town. Nearly 3 million people in Iowa, South Dakota, Minnesota and Nebraska have been affected. In the border area of Iowa and South Dakota, devastation from the record flooding was “severe and widespread,” according to […]
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Flooding in the Midwestern U.S. collapsed a railroad bridge and tested a dam Monday after days of heavy rains that have forced hundreds of people to evacuate or be rescued from rising waters. The flooding brought additional misery to parts of Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota and Minnesota during a vast […]
Historic flooding struck parts of Iowa over the weekend, damaging nearly 2,000 properties and prompting evacuations and disaster declarations. “I can tell you that the devastation is severe and it’s widespread,” Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said at a news conference Sunday afternoon in Des Moines. Flooding on Saturday and overnight into Sunday was the result […]
DEVELOPING: On Sunday the Chelan County Emergency Management Agency issued a Level 3 evacuation alert for residents near the Number Two Fire located approximately four miles west of Wenatchee. TIMELINE: 5:57 p.m. – The Red Cross is opening a shelter at Sage Hills Church by 7 p.m. 5:56 p.m. – The Washington State Department of […]
Residents living in a small community in Yuba County were ordered to evacuate Friday after a vegetation fire broke out. Firefighters began dropping retardant on the 10-acre Double Fire, sparked off of Double Eagle Way near the community of Challenge-Brownsville. “The fire is approximately 7 acres with spotting a half mile ahead of the fire,” […]
Jun. 18—ROSWELL — Dave Millsap said he was standing outside his home above Cedar Creek in Alpine Village north of Ruidoso when the fires began Monday. With fire getting closer to his home in the afternoon, he knew it was time to go as hot ashes started falling like snow, he said. “I am almost […]
(FOX40.COM) — In just a few hours, the Aero Fire became one of the largest in California this year, prompting the evacuation of communities near Copperopolis in Calaveras County. The blaze started on Monday afternoon around 3:20 p.m. just north of Copperopolis, near the intersection of Rock Creek Road and Highway 4, on a day […]
Evacuations continued in parts of south-central New Mexico on Tuesday, June 18, as two active wildfires burned in the region, local fire officials said. According to local officials, the South Fork and Salt fires were discovered on Monday and exhibited “rapid fire growth” and “extreme fire behavior.” On Monday evening, New Mexico Gov Michelle Lujan […]