A statewide Cal Fire program risks making fires worse by removing native chaparral and allowing the spread of more flammable ...
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) protects 31 million acres of California’s privately owned wildlands and responds to more than 550,000 emergencies every year. CAL ...
Representatives for Hundred Acre Wines, the winery based north of Calistoga, have asked Cal Fire to investigate a trailer on its property as a potential ignition source for the Pickett Fire. The blaze ...
NAPA COUNTY, Calif. - A Calistoga vintner has voluntarily handed CAL FIRE what may be a major clue to finding the true origin of the Pickett Fire. That fire started near Calistoga on August 21st and ...
As if pouring water from a watering can, a firefighter held up a drip torch over a freshly planted rose bush and released a few drops — not of water but of flaming fuel, igniting the bush and the ...
Pack Fire initially started 11:15 a.m. Nov. 13 in Mono County, California. After being active for four days, it has burned ...
A grass and brush fire that burned in a rural area of western San Mateo County consumed about 25 acres Tuesday afternoon, according to Cal Fire. The fire was first reported at about 1:20 p.m. and was ...
Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bipartisan bill to raise the salaries of California firefighters nine months after the most expensive inferno in state history incinerated Los Angeles. On Friday, ...