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 […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – With wildfire season underway, Oregon lawmakers held a briefing with the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center on Monday for an outlook on the 2024 season — identifying one region in the state as a “hotbed” for potential fire risk. Smoke billowing from large North Portland fire impacting I-5 During Monday’s briefing — […]
Editor’s note: This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available. The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office has issued a mandatory evacuation for Middle Creek Canyon residents after the Oak Ridge Fire grew to 170 acres. Agencies are setting up an evacuation center at the Pueblo County Parks and Recreation Building, […]
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – PacifiCorp, a utility owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, agreed to a $150 million settlement with 378 plaintiffs arising from one of the 2020 wildfires that devastated parts of Oregon and northern California. The settlement announced on Monday resolves substantially all individual claims in northern California related to the Slater […]
A fire burning outside Fort Good Hope, N.W.T., “blew up” on Sunday, according to officials, and is now more than 5,000 hectares in size. Wildfire information officer Frank McKay also told CBC News on Monday morning that hot, dry weather made the fire visible closer to the community on Sunday, but that it was still blowing away from the […]
MONTREAL (AP) — Wildfires burning in Quebec forced the evacuation of inmates from a maximum security prison, federal corrections officials confirmed Sunday, as favorable winds bolstered efforts to battle a pair of out-of-control blazes north of the city of Port-Cartier. Correctional Service Canada said the evacuation order was issued Friday and inmates have since been […]
Fire crews are battling a growing wildfire that prompted evacuations in San Bernardino County near Saturday. The “Needles Fire” was first reported on the 900 block of Bush Street in Needles at around 1:15 p.m., according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. By 5 p.m., it grew to 70 acres and by 7:45 p.m., […]
RUIDOSO, N.M. (KRQE) – As if fleeing the fires outside Ruidoso wasn’t stressful enough, for one family, the experience came with a whole new challenge when mom went into labor. The Sandy Family talked with KRQE News 13 about their harrowing story which they count as a happy ending no matter what is happening back home. Wildfire […]
A thunderstorm headed toward the smoky skies over New Mexico could force firefighters to retreat from their positions at the front lines of a deadly wildfire, fire officials said Thursday. But it could also have the opposite effect and aid the battle, depending on how much rain drops, they said. The wildfire, a combination of […]
A 2,000-acre wildfire caused by lightning is burning in east-central Arizona, and no evacuations have been reported. The Foote Fire started June 14, and as of the most recent update at 5 p.m. Wednesday, was 0% contained. The fire’s edge was 12 miles south of Alpine and about three miles east of Blue, Arizona near […]
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 […]
A wildfire swept into the mountain village of Ruidoso in southern New Mexico on Tuesday, destroying or damaging hundreds of structures after residents fled under evacuation orders with little time to rescue belongings. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham declared a state of emergency in southern New Mexico on Tuesday and deployed additional National Guard troops to […]