Santa Cruz County sends a strike force to assist in the TCU Lightning Complex fire
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — Strike Team XCZ 2325C from Santa Cruz County was sent to assist in the TCU Lightning Complex fire Thursday…
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Santa Cruz County startup in semifinals of global wildfire tech competition
By Zak Sos SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV) – The devastating 2020 CZU Lightning Complex fires scorched more than 86,000 acres and destroyed nearly…
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UCSC launches free new games to help people prepare for a fire emergency
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV) — U.C. Santa Cruz announced that the school’s computational media researchers created a series of games designed to…
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Madre Fire grows to 70,000+ acres, burning along Highway 166 and east into the Carrizo Plain
By Andrew Gillies, Alissa Orozco, Nate Loop SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – Firefighters are responding to a fast-moving wildfire called…
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Forward progress stopped on Airline Fire in Paicines Thursday evening; CAL FIRE BEU
SAN BENITO COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — CAL FIRE BEU said that the Airline Fire is holding at approximately 60 acres with forward progress stopped.…
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The City of Santa Cruz updates its fire hazard severity zone map
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — The City of Santa Cruz adopted an updated hazard severity zone map from the state’s fire marshal. The City of…
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28 acres burnt after Panoche Fire in San Benito County
PAICINES, Calif. (KION-TV) — A fire broke out in the afternoon on Easter Sunday in eastern San Benito County, growing from 10 to nearly 29 acres…
Continue ReadingFlying for a cause: Florida pilots aid wildfire relief effort in LA
By Meghan Moriarty Click here for updates on this story MELBOURNE, Florida (WESH) — Florida Institute of Technology pilots Blaise Pasquier and…
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Governor Newsom calls on CAL FIRE to update fire hazard zone map
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KION) — Last week, Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order to prepare for future urban firestorms. The order is after a…
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Santa Clarita family turns to fireproofing technique after losing home in 2019 Tick Fire
By Phillip Palmer Click here for updates on this story SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (KABC) — For families impacted by wildfires, the idea of…
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Trump threatens to withhold wildfire aid ahead of Los Angeles visit
By Kathryn Watson Washington — President Trump is threatening to withhold federal disaster aid for the Los Angeles area if…
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I-580 shut down, evacuations underway for Oakland hills fire
OAKLAND, Calif. (KTVU-TV) — Firefighters are responding to a four-alarm fire near the freeway in Oakland at I-580 and Keller Avenue. The…
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Woman returns to beloved cabin destroyed by Airport Fire: ‘It’s heartbreaking’
By Leanne Suter Click here for updates on this story CORONA, California (KABC) — The Airport Fire, which burned thousands of acres across…
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Line Fire in Southern California slows but continues to smolder, many evacuations remain
By Marissa Wenzke Click here for updates on this story SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (KCAL/KCBS) — Thousands fled their homes as the Line Fire tore…
Continue ReadingAn explosive California wildfire looked like a bomb went off from space – here’s what’s happening
CNN By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — California’s Line Fire is burning so intensely that it created its own weather. Dramatic…
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County of Monterey lifts some evacuation warnings prompted by the Boone Fire
MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — The County of Monterey has lifted the last of the Boone Fire evacuation warnings, according to the county.…
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Firefighters significantly tame California’s fourth-largest wildfire on record
CHICO, Calif. (AP) — California’s largest wildfire this year has been significantly tamed as the state’s initially fierce fire season…
Continue ReadingEvacuations ordered near Athens as Greek authorities try to contain wildfires
Originally Published: 12 AUG 24 05:08 ET Updated: 12 AUG 24 12:24 ET By Chris Liakos, Alex Stambaugh and Caitlin Danaher, CNN (CNN) — A…
Continue Reading Repeated wildfires put pressure on residents, making it difficult to recover peace of mind
By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — Kiley Patterson of Paradise, California, had to evacuate during the devastating 2018 Camp Fire and is working out…
Continue ReadingHundreds of homes are evacuated due to wildfire near Denver as California’s Park Fire torches an area larger than Los Angeles
Originally Published: 31 JUL 24 10:13 ET Updated: 31 JUL 24 12:13 ET By Holly Yan and Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — While California battles the…
Continue ReadingArson-sparked Park Fire is now California’s fifth-largest wildfire
Originally Published: 30 JUL 24 01:38 ET Updated: 31 JUL 24 01:10 ET By Taylor Romine and Susannah Cullinane, CNN (CNN) — California’s Park Fire…
Continue Reading Wildfire smoke may be worse for your brain than other air pollution, study says
Wildfire smoke may be worse for brain health than other types of air pollution, according to new research linking it to an increased risk of…
Continue ReadingFirefighters cautiously watch the weather as Western wildfires spread
Originally Published: 29 JUL 24 02:39 ET Updated: 29 JUL 24 05:21 ET By Zoe Sottile and Susannah Cullinane, CNN (CNN) — Wildfires are burning…
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EmergencyRV steps in to help link RV donors to people needing shelter after Park Fire
BUTTE COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — Multiple organizations are on the ground to help people who lost their homes because of the Park Fire burning in…
Continue ReadingCalifornia’s Park Fire grows 7 times larger in hours as Oregon battles country’s biggest active fire
Originally Published: 25 JUL 24 05:44 ET Updated: 25 JUL 24 08:14 ET By Dalia Faheid, Robert Shackelford and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — The…
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CZU homeowners meeting for potential funding, July 20
BOULDER CREEK, Calif. (KION-TV) — Santa Cruz County is holding a meeting on July 20 from 1:30 until 5:30 p.m. for homeowners affected by the CZU…
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Most evacuation orders lifted as crews continue battling Northern California wildfire
OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Thousands of people evacuated during a Northern California wildfire were allowed to return home Thursday afternoon as crews…
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CAL FIRE explains the importance of keeping defensible space around your home during fire season
PAICINES, Calif. (KION) – Fire officials say all of us can play a role in reducing wildfires. It all starts at home. But if you don’t know how to…
Continue ReadingWildfire prompts evacuation order for thousands in Northern California as ‘exceptionally dangerous’ heat builds in the West
Originally Published: 03 JUL 24 09:25 ET Updated: 03 JUL 24 09:50 ET By Melissa Alonso and Robert Shackelford, CNN (CNN) — Thousands have been…
Continue Reading Multi-audience wildfire survey shows gaps in wildfire risk reduction education and access to resources
QUINCY, Mass. (KION-TV) — A new national survey from the Fire Protection Research Foundation (FPRF) has found that only half of homeowners and…
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San Francisco weather: 1,000 lightning strikes hit California county
THIS ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN BY LISA FERNANDEZ AND APPEARED ON KTVU FOX 2 FIRST. FRESNO, Calif. – There were roughly 1,000 lightning strikes in one…
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A fire in Los Angeles County has consumed 12,265 acres
(CNN) — A fire in Los Angeles County that forced the evacuations of hundreds of people from a state park has burned more than 12,000 acres,…
Continue ReadingUnwieldy wildfires scorch Canada and threaten a community scarred by past catastrophe
Originally Published: 15 MAY 24 01:50 ET Updated: 15 MAY 24 02:19 ET By Elizabeth Wolfe, Joe Sutton and Sharif Paget, CNN (CNN) — More than 100…
Continue ReadingRapidly-spreading fires are threatening to burn through Canadian towns and degrading air quality
Originally Published: 14 MAY 24 11:05 ET Updated: 14 MAY 24 13:01 ET By Mary Gilbert and Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — Dangerous wildfires have scorched…
Continue ReadingThousands of Canadians have been forced to evacuate from raging wildfires. Now harmful smoke is blowing into the US
Originally Published: 12 MAY 24 04:45 ET Updated: 13 MAY 24 05:55 ET By Paradise Afshar and Sara Smart, CNN (CNN) — Thousands across Canada have…
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Deadly Texas wildfire torches 1 million acres – the largest in state history – as more infernos rage out of control
Originally Published: 29 FEB 24 01:22 ET Updated: 29 FEB 24 10:36 ET By Joe Sutton, Steve Almasy, Holly Yan and Robert Shackelford, CNN (CNN) —…
Continue ReadingMore than 120 killed by raging wildfires in Chile as authorities warn toll will rise
Originally Published: 03 FEB 24 21:23 ET Updated: 05 FEB 24 12:59 ET By Heather Chen, Marlon Sorto, Omar Fajardo, Michael Rio, Juan Paz and Benjamin…
Continue ReadingThe death toll from the Maui wildfires has climbed to 96. Here’s what we know about the deadliest US fire in over a century
Originally Published: 14 AUG 23 01:58 ET Updated: 14 AUG 23 08:38 ET By Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — Crews in west Maui are continuing the…
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Firefighters who died in Australia were on California tanker
California’s governor says the three American flight crew members who died when their aerial water tanker…
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More California firefighters leaving to fight Australian wildfires
The U.S. Forest Service California said more Forest Service firefighters from the state are leaving Southern California Monday to help fight…
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California expands insurance protections in wildfire areas
More than a million California homes are now protected under a law that temporarily bans insurance companies from dropping customers in areas…
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