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2 dead, 2 injured after fire rips through La Jolla home
'); document.write('Two residents were killed and two others suffered minor injuries Monday morning when a two-alarm blaze ripped through a La Jolla home, authorities said. Neighbors told News 8 that a multi-generational family of four reside at the home. The fire was reported around 3:45 a.m. at a two-story house on Caminito La Paz, a dead-end street off Hidden Valley Road south of La Jolla Parkway, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department. - PUB DATE: 8/10/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMFB-TV CBS 8 San Diego'); document.write('
Fresno firefighters seeing busy start to August
'); document.write('It\'s been a busy start to the month for Fresno firefighters, seeing 137 fire calls for the first eight days of August. New helmet cam video shows the intense flames crews were met with when they were called to a vacant house fire in southeast Fresno. Crews say this wasn\'t the first time they\'ve been called to the abandoned home at Third Street and Townsend Avenue. - PUB DATE: 8/9/2020 6:38:37 PM - SOURCE: KFSN-TV ABC 30 Frenso/Visalia'); document.write('
Few San Francisco firefighters have coronavirus antibodies, UCSF study finds
'); document.write('Only a handful of San Francisco Fire Department members tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies in a recent UCSF study, even though nearly half of those surveyed said they had probably or definitely been around people infected by the virus. Just three of 1,223 people who were tested had antibodies for the virus, according to a summary of the results made public by UCSF. - PUB DATE: 8/10/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle - Metered Site'); document.write('
Nearly all evacuation warnings lifted for Apple Fire
'); document.write('Firefighters worked on Sunday to clear more lines of vegetation around the Apple Fire but, with the threat to life and property reduced, fire officials lifted nearly all remaining evacuation warnings and have begun sending fire engines back to their home bases. The fire has charred 32,412 acres since its July 31 start due to a diesel vehicle malfunction and was 42 percent contained as of Sunday night. - PUB DATE: 8/10/2020 9:20:39 AM - SOURCE: KESQ-TV ABC 42 Palm Springs'); document.write('
Walnut Creek police arrest 37-year-old man suspected of setting brush fire
'); document.write('Police arrested a 37-year-old homeless man suspected of setting a brush fire Friday night in Walnut Creek. The blaze was approaching a commercial building in the area of Tice Valley Boulevard near Rolling Hills Drive when it was reported about 8:15 p.m., police said. A witness told authorities that someone ran from the fire just after it started. - PUB DATE: 8/9/2020 3:50:38 PM - SOURCE: KTVU-TV FOX 2 Oakland'); document.write('
The Native American tribe on the front lines of Southern California\'s Apple Fire
'); document.write('As the Apple Fire continued to rage this week, spreading more than 43 miles through remote, mountainous terrain near Banning, the Morongo Band of Mission Indians has been caught on its perimeter. An upper portion of the tribe\'s reservation has been singed by flames, while its more populated lower half was bisected by evacuation notices. - PUB DATE: 8/6/2020 6:36:05 PM - SOURCE: Palm Springs Desert Sun'); document.write('
Related: California secures federal assistance to support response to Apple Fire in Riverside and San Bernardino counties
'); document.write('Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced that the state has secured a Fire Management Assistance Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help ensure the availability of resources to fight the Apple Fire burning in Riverside and San Bernardino counties. The grant will also assist local, state and tribal agencies responding to the fire to apply for 75 percent reimbursement of their eligible fire suppression costs. - PUB DATE: 8/7/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Record Gazette'); document.write('
Santa Clarita: Forward spread stopped of 150-acre \'Texas Fire,\' evacuations canceled
'); document.write('Firefighters say they stopped the forward spread of a blaze in Santa Clarita that scorched at least 150 acres and prompted a road closure on Thursday. The \"Texas Fire\" was reported just before 2 p.m. on Bouquet Canyon Road, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. By around 3:30 p.m., the blaze had expanded to 130 acres and was at 10% containment. - PUB DATE: 8/6/2020 5:27:30 PM - SOURCE: KABC-TV ABC 7 Los Angeles'); document.write('
Fatal crash closes Highway 246 in Santa Ynez Valley
'); document.write('A two-car accident along Highway 246 in the Santa Ynez Valley has resulted in the death of one of the people involved. Santa Barbara County Fire responded to the scene along Highway 246 at Alamo Pintado Road at 9:12 a.m. Two cars had collided head-on, resulting in a significant crash, according to Santa Barbara County Fire Public Information Officer Daniel Bertucelli. - PUB DATE: 8/6/2020 2:44:09 PM - SOURCE: KEYT-TV ABC 3 Santa Barbara'); document.write('
Cal Fire’s Grumman S-2 air tankers perform aerial acrobatics while fighting fires
'); document.write('Within minutes of the sighting of a wisp of smoke in the distance, Anza Valley residents will often witness the arrival of Cal Fire’s Grumman S-2T air tankers speeding over the hills from their base at Hemet-Ryan airport. The aircraft perform aerial acrobatics as they maneuver around smoke and water-dropping helitack units to plaster Phos-Chek fire retardant on the flames. - PUB DATE: 8/7/2020 8:37:38 AM - SOURCE: Valley News'); document.write('
Fire crews spent hours fighting stubborn Encinitas bluff fire
'); document.write('An early morning brush fire along the bluffs in Encinitas on Wednesday prompted one home to be evacuated before fire crews got control of the blaze, a fire official said. The fire was reported around 2 a.m. just west of South Coast Highway 101, south of Swami’s Beach, in brush along steep cliffs. At one point, a home on the north side of the fire was evacuated as a precaution, said Encinitas Fire Battalion Chief Mike Spaulding. - PUB DATE: 8/5/2020 4:44:55 PM - SOURCE: San Diego Union-Tribune - Metered Site'); document.write('
Firefighters’ other enemy at the Apple fire: Coronavirus
'); document.write('How do you fight a massive wildfire and keep almost 2,600 firefighters safe from COVID-19? Lots of social distancing and masks, of course, but also thousands of pre-packaged salads. The threat of the coronavirus taking down the firefighting operation during the 27,000-acre Apple fire in Riverside and San Bernardino counties has prompted incident commanders to improvise. - PUB DATE: 8/5/2020 4:39:15 PM - SOURCE: San Bernardino County Sun'); document.write('