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Riverside County rail car chemical leak draws fears of ‘violent explosion,’ spurs evacuations
'); document.write('VIDEO: A rail car leaking chemicals in Riverside County, California, on Friday has prompted officials there to evacuate nearly 200 homes over concerns that a \"violent explosion\" could occur at any moment. The incident, which started unfolding Thursday night in Perris, also has closed a portion of the 215 Freeway in both directions. - PUB DATE: 8/12/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FOX News'); document.write('
Man found dead after house fire in Carmichael, officials say
'); document.write('A man was found dead after a house fire in the Carmichael area of Sacramento County sparked on Thursday afternoon, authorities said. A duplex located in the 5000 block of El Camino Avenue near Walnut and El Camino avenues caught fire around 2:40 p.m., the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District said. Once the fire was knocked down, crews found the body in a part of the house that was originally unsafe to search because of flames and downed power lines. - PUB DATE: 8/11/2022 6:23:00 PM - SOURCE: KCRA-TV NBC 3 Sacramento'); document.write('
Redwood Acres Fairgrounds Converted to Cal Fire Emergency Fire Camp
'); document.write('The Cal Fire emergency fire camp is almost completely set up at the Redwood Acres Fairground. The camp provides a number of resources to firefighters as they come off the line of duty. Starting just this last Tuesday, numerous facilities and resources have been brought in to the redwood acres fairground to set up the Cal Fire emergency fire camp. - PUB DATE: 8/11/2022 5:30:12 PM - SOURCE: KIEM-TV NBC 3 Eureka'); document.write('
FYREBX: Shasta County native invents new equipment for fighting fires and much more
'); document.write('A graduate from Shasta High School has returned to his roots; excited about a multi-use piece of equipment he first envisioned and has now brought to life. It\'s called the \"FYREBX;\" it\'s the result of more than two years of creating, designing, and research and development while Sean Henry was living in Montana for some 20 years. - PUB DATE: 8/12/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KRCR-TV ABC 7 Redding'); document.write('
Community support and state funding secure new fire station for the Amador County Fire District
'); document.write('The Amador Fire Protection District will be receiving a new fire station in Pine Grove thanks to an additional $8.1 million dollars in state funding being secured, according to District 5 State Assemblymen Frank Bigelow. The fire protection district is responsible for 491 square miles of Amador County, in which 75% of people live in very high risk to fire danger areas, according to Bigelow. - PUB DATE: 8/12/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTXL-TV FOX 40 Sacramento'); document.write('
Arson suspected as cause of vegetation fire burning in Sacramento County, authorities say
'); document.write('Firefighters battled a vegetation fire they believe to have been started on purpose in Sacramento County, authorities said. The about 15-acre fire burned near North Antelope Road and Antelope Road on Thursday afternoon, the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District said. The fire had multiple start points and investigators believe it was arson. - PUB DATE: 8/11/2022 2:27:00 PM - SOURCE: KCRA-TV NBC 3 Sacramento'); document.write('
Intense ‘fire tornado’ captured on video during Los Angeles County brush fire
'); document.write('VIDEO: Firefighters battled a fast-moving brush fire in hilly, open terrain in northwestern Los Angeles County Tuesday afternoon. The Sam Fire, which was burning in Gorman near Old Ridge Route and Lancaster Road, had grown to approximately 150 acres as of 6:15 p.m., according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department, and shortly after 7 p. - PUB DATE: 8/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTLA-TV CW 5 Los Angeles'); document.write('
Firefighter assaulted, injured after responding to fire near I-280 in San Jose
'); document.write('Crews responded to multiple brush fires that broke out Wednesday afternoon in the area of I-280 and Bird and Race Street in San Jose, the San Jose Fire Department tweeted. As of 5 p.m., the main body of the fire has been extinguished. However, an SJPD firefighter was assaulted by a homeless individual while responding to a fire on I-280 at Race Street, officials said in a tweet. - PUB DATE: 8/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KRON-TV MyNetworkTV 4 San Francisco'); document.write('
Update: Damage estimate for National City warehouse fire grows to $8M; second largest fire in city history
'); document.write('An accidental fire sparked by an electrical device inside a National City warehouse caused $8 million in damage, making it the second-largest fire in city history, a fire official said this week. The fire started in an area where several power strips, cords and electrical devices were plugged into outlets, said National City fire Battalion Chief and Fire Investigator Robert Hernandez. - PUB DATE: 8/10/2022 3:17:00 PM - SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune Online - Metered Site'); document.write('
Firefighters increase containment on McKinney Fire; some evacuees go home
'); document.write('Temperatures dropped into the 70s to low 90s on Wednesday, helping firefighters make progress on fires burning in Siskiyou County. Vegetation was still very dry, but winds were light on Wednesday, with gusts up to 15 mph, according to the U.S. Forest Service. Similar light winds and gusts out of the west and northwest are expected on Thursday. - PUB DATE: 8/11/2022 6:00:53 AM - SOURCE: Siskiyou Daily News'); document.write('
FEMA Gives $2.6-Million to Sonoma County for Kincade Fire Costs
'); document.write('Sonoma County is set to receive some federal aid to cover costs of the 2019 Kincade Fire. Congressmen Mike Thompson and Jared Huffman have announced that the county will be getting $2.6-million from FEMA to cover costs connected with the fire. Most of it will be reimbursing the county for the 21 shelters that were opened, as well as funding to cover the Emergency Operating Center. - PUB DATE: 8/11/2022 3:06:33 PM - SOURCE: KSRO-AM 1350 Santa Rosa'); document.write('
Life Gradually Returns a Year After Fire Chars Sierra Nevada
'); document.write('The flames fade away. Firefighters extinguish the last embers. A final curl of smoke uncoils in the wind. A wildfire in the California wilderness has come to an end, and what’s left behind is a blackened landscape of skeletal pines and leafless oaks, scorched meadows and ashen stumps where saplings once stood. - PUB DATE: 8/11/2022 9:47:05 AM - SOURCE: KNTV NBC 11 San Jose'); document.write('